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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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: $