1930's to 1950's radial engine tech info???

[RyanJames170]

Dose anyone here have a good source for detailed info on Radial engine info on the R-1820, R-1830, R-2800, R-3350 and the ASh-62 engines i would like a little more detail then wikipedia has.

thank you

Ryan

 

[Lionheart]

Ryan,

You can find some EXCELLENT manuals of engines at http://www.esscoaircraft.com/

Some of the best manuals, reproduced and in hard copies. I have purchased some there.

Thanks to Vitus for that link.




Bill

 

[fliger747]

Not being at home I can't give you the author, but via SAE one author has written large volumes on the R2800 and R3350. I have the R2800 volume which runs about 750 pages. It has been quite valuable for modeling the dynamics of that engine for the many such equipped aircraft that I have done flight dynamics for.

Note that individual installations varied significantly in power outputs vas altitude, depending on the application.

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[Paul Domingue]

I have a set of 5 tech drawings of the R1820-E I'll send you if you PM me your email address. I used them as a bases for my Duck engine.

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[fliger747]

The R2800 Pratt and Whitneys Dependable Masterpiece is by Graham White, published by SAE International. Other books by White include a book on the R3350 and one on Allied aircraft engines of WWII.

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