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Wright Cyclone was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines designed by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation and used in numerous American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.[1]

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Wright Cyclone series
Wright R-1820
Type	Radial engine
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Wright Aeronautical

Background

The Wright Aeronautical Corporation was formed in 1919, initially to develop liquid-cooled Hispano-Suiza V8 engines under license. The Corporation's first original design, the R1, was also the first successful high-powered radial in the USA. Funded by contracts from the US Navy for new air-cooled radials, Wright started a new design (initially called the P2) in 1924. The resignation of Frederick Rentschler to form the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company, along with several key engineering personnel, seriously affected the development of the P2 and it did not go into production.

Cyclone family

R-1300 Cyclone 7

R-1750 Cyclone 9

A new design was launched in 1926, known as the R-1750 Cyclone. This was a nine-cylinder radial with a displacement of 1750 cu in and internally cooled exhaust valves. It was type-tested at 500 hp in 1927.[2]

R-1820 Cyclone 9

In 1932, the R-1750 was developed to a capacity of 1823 cu in. This was the F model Cyclone, designated R-1820. This engine introduced a forged aluminum crankcase and was developed through the 1930s to reach 890 hp. It used a General Electric supercharger, and Wright concluded that this feature limited the potential power output of the engine. For the next development, the G-Series of 1937, Wright developed its own single-speed supercharger. The G-series was developed to deliver 1200 hp at 2500 rpm and made up the bulk of R-1820 Cyclone production during World War 2. It was installed in the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress. The final phase of development of the single-row radial design was the H-Series at 1350 hp. A licensed, metricated variant was developed as the Shvetsov M-25.

R-2600 Cyclone 14 (Twin Cyclone)

Wright went on to develop two-row engines with 14 cylinders in two rows of seven, called the Cyclone 14, R-2600. This was installed in the Boeing 314, Grumman TBM/TBF Avenger, North American B-25 Mitchell, and some models of the Douglas A-20 Havoc (RAF Boston).

R-3350 Cyclone 18 (Duplex Cyclone)

The penultimate Cyclone development was the 18-cylinder engine R-3350, named the Duplex Cyclone or Cyclone 18. Among other applications, it was installed in the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, Douglas A-1 Skyraider, Lockheed P-2 Neptune, and Lockheed C-121 Constellation. In commercial applications it stayed in production until 1957.

R-4090 Cyclone 22

An experimental 22-cylinder two-row radial intended to compete with the large Pratt & Whitney radial engines. Three prototypes are known to have been built, but development was abandoned to allow resources to be used for the R-3350 development program.[3]

See also

• Pratt & Whitney Wasp series – a comparable competing line of engines

References

На других языках

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[de] Wright Cyclone

Wright Cyclone war die Bezeichnung einer Reihe von Flugtriebwerken des US-amerikanischen Herstellers Curtiss-Wright. Es waren luftgekühlte Sternmotoren, die in vier Serien mit vielen Untertypen gebaut und in großen Stückzahlen vertrieben wurden.

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- [en] Wright Cyclone series

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[fr] Wright Cyclone

Wright Cyclone est le nom donné à une famille de moteurs d'avion à pistons en étoile et refroidissement par air conçus initialement par Wright Aeronautical, poursuivie par Curtiss-Wright et utilisés sur de nombreux types d'appareils américains durant les années 1930 et 1940.

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[ru] Wright Cyclone

Wright Cyclone — семейство авиационных, поршневых радиальных двигателей воздушного охлаждения корпорации Wright Aeronautical, позднее — Curtiss-Wright, производившееся в 1930—1940 годах. Буква «R» в наименовании модели означает звездообразную конструкцию, четырёхзначное число после него — объём в кубических дюймах, второе число — количество цилиндров.

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