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21-12-2004, 21:05
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The 3A-2500 is a 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine of 800 hp that drives a propeller through a gear reduction system. It was built by the Packard Motor Company in the mid-1930s and is an improved version of the Packard 2A-2500 used on the Huff-Daland Keystone LB-1 bomber.
SPECIFICATIONS
Model: 3A-2500
Type: geared drive, 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled, Vee
Displacement: 2,500 cu.in.
Rated RPM: 2,000
Rated HP: 800
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The V-1650 liquid-cooled engine was the U.S. version of the famous British Rolls-Royce "Merlin" engine which powered the "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" fighters during the Battle of Britain in 1940. In Sept. 1940, the Packard Co. agreed to build the Merlin engine for both the American and the British Governments, and adapted it for American mass-production methods. The first two Packard-built Merlins to be completed were demonstrated on test stands at a special ceremony at the Packard plant in Detroit on August 2, 1941. Full production began in 1942 and by the end of World War II, 55,873 Merlins had been produced in the U.S.A. The Army Air Forces used the engine almost exclusively in the famed P-51 "Mustang", for it provided greatly improved high-altitude performance over the Allison V-1710 engine used in earlier series of the airplane. The V-1650 Merlin also replaced the V-1710 in the "F" series of the P-40. The British also used Packard-built Merlins during the last three years of the war in their "Spitfire", "Mosquito", and "Lancaster" airplanes.
SPECIFICATIONS
Model: V-1650-7
Type: 12-cylinder with two-stage mechanically-driven supercharger
Displacement: 1,649 cu.in.
Weight: 1,690 lbs.
Max. RPM: 3,000
Max. HP: 1,695
Cost: $25,000
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The Wasp Major engine was developed during World War II though it only saw service late in the war on some B-29 and B-50 aircraft. The R-4360 is a 28-cylinder air-cooled radial engine which produces a maximum of 3,500 hp. and weighs about 3,500 pounds (1,575 kg.). R-4360s have been used to power various post-WWII USAF bombers, cargo/transports, and aerial tankers, including B-36 bomber, the B-35 Flying Wing, the C-74 Globemaster, the C-97 Stratofreighter, the C-119 Flying Boxcar, and the C-124 Globemaster II aircraft. It represents the most technically advanced and complex reciprocating aircraft engine produced in large numbers in the United States. The passing of the KC-97 and C-97 series aircraft from Air Force inventory in the late 1970s marked the closing of the era of both the large piston engine and the turbo-supercharger within the USAF.
SPECIFICATIONS
Model: R-4360-41
Type: 28 cylinder, four row, air-cooled radial
Displacement: 4,360 cu. in.
Weight: 3,404 lbs.
Maximum RPM: 2,700
Maximum Horsepower: 3,500
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Plaka kanoume.. :wink:
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/engines/eng31.jpg
The 3A-2500 is a 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine of 800 hp that drives a propeller through a gear reduction system. It was built by the Packard Motor Company in the mid-1930s and is an improved version of the Packard 2A-2500 used on the Huff-Daland Keystone LB-1 bomber.
SPECIFICATIONS
Model: 3A-2500
Type: geared drive, 12-cylinder, liquid-cooled, Vee
Displacement: 2,500 cu.in.
Rated RPM: 2,000
Rated HP: 800
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/engines/eng33.jpg
The V-1650 liquid-cooled engine was the U.S. version of the famous British Rolls-Royce "Merlin" engine which powered the "Spitfire" and "Hurricane" fighters during the Battle of Britain in 1940. In Sept. 1940, the Packard Co. agreed to build the Merlin engine for both the American and the British Governments, and adapted it for American mass-production methods. The first two Packard-built Merlins to be completed were demonstrated on test stands at a special ceremony at the Packard plant in Detroit on August 2, 1941. Full production began in 1942 and by the end of World War II, 55,873 Merlins had been produced in the U.S.A. The Army Air Forces used the engine almost exclusively in the famed P-51 "Mustang", for it provided greatly improved high-altitude performance over the Allison V-1710 engine used in earlier series of the airplane. The V-1650 Merlin also replaced the V-1710 in the "F" series of the P-40. The British also used Packard-built Merlins during the last three years of the war in their "Spitfire", "Mosquito", and "Lancaster" airplanes.
SPECIFICATIONS
Model: V-1650-7
Type: 12-cylinder with two-stage mechanically-driven supercharger
Displacement: 1,649 cu.in.
Weight: 1,690 lbs.
Max. RPM: 3,000
Max. HP: 1,695
Cost: $25,000
http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/engines/eng34a-1.jpg
The Wasp Major engine was developed during World War II though it only saw service late in the war on some B-29 and B-50 aircraft. The R-4360 is a 28-cylinder air-cooled radial engine which produces a maximum of 3,500 hp. and weighs about 3,500 pounds (1,575 kg.). R-4360s have been used to power various post-WWII USAF bombers, cargo/transports, and aerial tankers, including B-36 bomber, the B-35 Flying Wing, the C-74 Globemaster, the C-97 Stratofreighter, the C-119 Flying Boxcar, and the C-124 Globemaster II aircraft. It represents the most technically advanced and complex reciprocating aircraft engine produced in large numbers in the United States. The passing of the KC-97 and C-97 series aircraft from Air Force inventory in the late 1970s marked the closing of the era of both the large piston engine and the turbo-supercharger within the USAF.
SPECIFICATIONS
Model: R-4360-41
Type: 28 cylinder, four row, air-cooled radial
Displacement: 4,360 cu. in.
Weight: 3,404 lbs.
Maximum RPM: 2,700
Maximum Horsepower: 3,500
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Plaka kanoume.. :wink: