Pratt Whitney R 4360 Wasp Major

Pratt Whitney R 4360 Wasp Major. Let's go for the gold in the first post: The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, the largest mass-produced aircraft piston engine ever made Jets and turboprops would power future military aircraft


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Let's go for the gold in the first post: The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, the largest mass-produced aircraft piston engine ever made A 28-cylinder, 71-liter, air-cooled radial monster, the ultimate incarnation—the "51VDT"—could deliver a staggering 4,300 hp

The Wasp Major saw service at the end of World War II in late Boeing B-29s that were actually early B-50s, and powered the Boeing B-50 "Lucky Lady" when it made the first non-stop around the. The 28 cylinders were in four rows of seven cylinders each, arranged in a spiral for better cooling, which contributed to the popular nickname of "corncob" applied to all multi. This is the biggest airplane piston engine ever developed by Pratt & Whitney in terms of mass production

. The 28 cylinders were in four rows of seven cylinders each, arranged in a spiral for better cooling, which contributed to the popular nickname of "corncob" applied to all multi. First run in 1944, it is the largest-displacement aviation piston engine to be mass-produced in the United States, and at 4,300 hp, the most powerful

. A 28-cylinder, 71-liter, air-cooled radial monster, the ultimate incarnation—the "51VDT"—could deliver a staggering 4,300 hp The R-4360 was Pratt & Whitney's last aircraft piston engine, as well as the largest and the most complicated piston engine produced in quantity in the United States