Check out these engine turning photos:
Pratt and Whitney Wasp Main R-4360 corncob
Image by wbaiv
The largest displacement and most powerful piston airplane engine ever constructed in series production. Motive energy for the original Boeing model 367 C-97, KC-97, model 377 Stratoliner, Convair B-36, until the 4 jets at the wingtips were added (ie six turning and four burning, as it was mentioned).
Wikipedia lists the following applications:
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter, KC-97 Stratotanker, model 377 Stratocruiser
Aero Spacelines Mini Guppy, Pregnant Guppy
Boeing B-50 Superfortress
Convair B-36
Douglas C-74 Globemaster, C-124 Globemaster II
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Goodyear F2G Corsair
Martin AM Mauler, JRM Mars, P4M Mercator
SNCASE SE-2010 Armagnac
along with prototypes such as
Boeing XB-44 Superfortress, XF8B
Convair XC-99
Curtiss XBTC
Douglas TB2D Skypirate
Fairchild C-120 Packplane
Hughes H-four Hercules ("Spruce Goose")
Hughes XF-11
Lockheed R6V Constitution
Northrop YB-35 – flying wing
Republic XP-72
Republic XF-12 Rainbow
Vultee XA-41
That’s two single engine designs in production, four extra prototypes
2 twin engine designs, and 2 prototypes
7 4 engine styles produced, four prototypes,
1 six engine developed, 1 prototype
1 eight engine prototype
and i don’t know what a Vultee XA-41 is.
There had been about a thousand C-97 family members constructed, and hundreds in between the B-50s, B-36s, C-74 and 124, C-119, Mars, Mercator and Armagnac. So thousands of engines.
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Austin Healey engine
Image by Bryce Womeldurf
I’m lastly receiving around to posting final month’s Automobiles & Coffee event from 3 weeks back. Things got derailed a bit when, the day after attending this and an Evo meet at S&R Functionality (post on that to come), I woke up with a negative case of what my wife thinks was heat exhaustion. No far more two occasion weekends without carrying some water.
Anyways, on this outing to Cars & Coffee, I arrived 20 minutes later than final time (created a incorrect turn and had to go more than the bridge twice), and had to park outside the event, more more than towards the exotics. As a result, this time I’ve got several far more photos of the higher finish rides for you to see following the jump.
HoonArt > June 2011 Vehicles & Coffee at duPont REGISTRY