Air Victory Museum - Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Radial Engine
Bill Maloney
7/4/2008

01 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 02 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major 03 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Valves 04 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Piston
01 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Cutaway 02 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Crankshaft 03 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Valves 04 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Piston
05PrattWhitneyR4360Cylinder 06 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Supercharger    
05 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Cylinder Cutaway 06 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Supercharger

Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Radial Engine Specifications:

More Pratt & Whitney 28 Cylinder R-4360 Wasp Major Radial Engines at other Aviation Museums in the northeast
Pratt & Witney R-4360 Radial Engine Pratt & Witney R-4360
Another Pratt & Witney R-4360 Wasp Major Radial Engine at the Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum in Rio Grande, NJ A Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major at the Mid Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, PA
Pratt & Witney R-4360 Radial Engine Pratt & Witney R-4360 Radial Engine
A Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Radial Engine at the New England Air Museum One more Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Radial Engine at the Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, NY
  Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Radial Engine Cutaway
  Another Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major cutaway at the Air Mobility Command Museum in Dover, DE

Number of Cylinders : 28 cylinders, 4 rows of 7 cylinders, air cooled radial
Displacement:
4,362 ci
Bore:
5.75 inches
Stroke:
6.0 inches
Compression Ratio:
6.7:1
Fuel: 108/130 Octane Avgas
Aspiraton:
Single Stage Variable Speed Supercharger blowing through a Stromberg pressure carb
Weight:
3,700lbs
Length:
96 inches
Diameter:
55 inches
Output: 3,500hp at 2,700rpm with water injection
First Flight : 1944
Airframes used on:
Convair B-36 Peacemaker, B-50 Superfortress, Vought F2G Corsair
Cost: $


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