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"New" sound pack representing the PW R-4360

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OBIO

Retired SOH Admin
In the absence of a sound pack representing the Pratt and Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, I have made one. Based on Lawdog's F8F Bearcat (R-2600) sound pack, I used two wav editor programs to do some hard core tweaking, revamping, modifying, you name it....and the result may or may not sound anything like a real Wasp Major, but it does sound like no other sound pack out there. I am a sound freak, and this pack is pleasing to my ears.

As soon as possible, I will get it uploaded for all to enjoy.

OBIO

Uploaded to the CFS2 sound library...just needs to make its way to the download list.
 
Forgive my ignorance. I know I could just search the web to find the answer. However, I think you should tell us which aircraft used this engine and add a little about specifications. Because I just moved, I am stealing an open internet connection at and it is running too slow to search.
 
B-36 Peacemaker and the XP-67 Bat...a more comprehensive list includes:

Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
Boeing B-50 Superfortress
Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter
Boeing XF8B
Boeing XB-44 Superfortress
Convair B-36
Convair XC-99
Curtiss XBTC
Douglas C-74 Globemaster
Douglas C-124 Globemaster II
Douglas TB2D Skypirate
Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar
Fairchild C-120 Packplane
Goodyear F2G Corsair
Hughes H-4 Hercules ("Spruce Goose")
Hughes XF-11
Lockheed R6V Constitution
Martin AM Mauler
Martin P4M Mercator
Northrop B-35
Republic XP-72
Republic XF-12 Rainbow
Sud-Est SE-2010 Armagnac
Vultee A-41
 
Thanks Obio!

I remember waiting in an Air Force KC 97 hanger for a plane to come and pick my team up and take us back to home station. There were a couple of R-4360 engines on hard stands awaiting maintenance. They were huge and the four banks of cylinders were of great interest to me.
 
A copy and paste from Wikipedia.

The R-4360 was a 28-cylinder four-row radial engine. Each row of pistons was slightly offset from the previous, forming a semi-helical arrangement to facilitate cooling of the successive rows of cylinders. A mechanical supercharger geared at 6.374:1 ratio to engine speed provided forced induction, while the propeller was geared at 0.375:1 so that the tips did not reach inefficient supersonic speeds.


Although reliable in flight, the Wasp Major was maintenance intensive. Improper starting technique could foul all 56 spark plugs, which would require hours to clean or replace. Another method for cleaning sparkplugs and the engine of debris, shown to great effect in the 2004 film Flight of the Phoenix, is to fire the Coffman starter with the ignition switched off, however this is not a recommended procedure. As with most piston aircraft engines of the era, the time between overhauls of the Wasp Major was about 600 hours when used in commercial service.


Engine displacement was 4,362.50 in³ (71.5 L), hence the model designation. Initial models developed 3,000 hp (2240 kW), but the final models delivered 4,300 hp (3200 kW) using two large turbochargers in addition to the supercharger. Engines weighed 3,482 to 3,870 lb (1,579 to 1,755 kg), heavy but giving a power to weight ratio of 1.11 hp/lb (1.83 kW/kg), matched by very few engines.


Wasp Majors were produced between 1944 and 1955; 18,697 were built
 
Milton,

You have my blessing to use the sound pack...but you need to get the okay from Lawdog as the files are really his...I just tweaked them like crazy.

OBIO
 
Xp 72

Holy smokes Milton! Where has that baby been hiding? It ought to be a hoot and a fine stablemate to the Grizzly in those "what if" missions for CFS 2 circa 1946.
 
LOL Jagdflieger,

It's been in the work hangar since early 2007: see the WIP webpage for it here: http://www.flightsimonline.com/xp72/

I pushed it aside to work on the xp47j here: http://www.flightsimonline.com/xp47j/

... and sent it to Gnoopey to finish before he took a sabatical. Then I did some work on the DeHavilland Dash 7 until it was ready for textures, so I moved back to the 47j.

Then, the xp47j got interrupted with the Grizzly ... and with that now done, I am back to the 47j, with a slight interruption for the AT-11.

Ooooops, sorry OBIO. Back on topic here.
 
Here in a smidget bit (a phrase I use that my wife absolutely hates) I will be uploading three replacement files for the R-4360 sound pack. These files will replace two interior and one exterior sounds...namely RPMs 3 and 4 interior and RPM 3 exterior. After spending some time flying the Douglas C-124C and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, I was not happy with the sound of these three files...so I created new ones that are more pleasing to the ears.

The current sound config file is for a single engine application of the R-4360. Before I upload the replacement files I will knock together 2-engine and 4-engine sound config files (have the 4 engine one done already and using it on the FSDB Douglas C-124C). This will allow you to use this sound pack for a wide number of aircraft that used this beast of a radial engine. I will include the 2 and 4 engine sound config files in the upload with the replacement files.

OBIO
 
Great...

...Ceasars' Ghosts, Milt! It's THE Ultrabolt. Pentultimate E-S-O-T-E-R-I-C. :jump:
 
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