Wright R-975 Whirlwind was a series of nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engines built by the Wright Aeronautical division of Curtiss-Wright....
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variants of the North American T-6 Texan. BT-9 Basic Trainer with 400hp Wright R-975-7 Whirlwind and new canopy. Dangerous stall resulted in a variety of...
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(NA-19). The U.S. Army Air Corps ordered 42 BT-9s, equipped with the Wright R-975 Whirlwind engine, and 40 BT-9As, which could be armed with .30 cal. Browning...
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The Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright, widely used on aircraft in the 1930s through 1950s. It was produced...
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The Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone is an American twin-row, supercharged, air-cooled, radial aircraft engine with 18 cylinders displacing nearly 3,350 cubic...
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still in existence. The main customer for the aircraft equipped with the Wright R-975 Whirlwind air-cooled radial engine was the Royal Netherlands East Indies...
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the R-975 proved the most popular, especially because of its use in armored fighting vehicles during World War II. During the mid-1930s, Wright also...
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was Wright Aeronautical's R-975 Whirlwind. However, during the war, the Wasp Junior was far more widely used in aircraft than the R-975, and Wright ceased...
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powered by 450 hp (338 kW) Wright R-975-7 radial engine. Servicair Loadmaster Reconstruction of L-13A with 450 hp Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 radial engine...
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The Wright R-2600 Cyclone 14 (also called Twin Cyclone) is an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright and widely used in aircraft in the 1930s...
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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...
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350 hp (260 kW) Wright R-760-E2. 10 built. D17R 420 hp (310 kW) Wright R-975-E3 engine. 27 built. D17S 450 hp (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-985-SB Wasp Junior...
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2 April 2011. Retrieved 2022-05-10. "Wright R-1510 Whirlwind". www.all-aero.com. Retrieved 2022-05-08. "Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9". Ken's Aviation Photography...
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Sherman tanks were causing supply issues with the 9-cylinder radial Wright R-975 Whirlwind engine used. The U.S. Army decided it needed to source additional...
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durable on roads. The initial M2 model was powered by an air-cooled Wright R-975 radial engine, originally designed for aircraft. For the M2A1, this engine...
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R-680 engine. 5 built. Waco SRE Aristocrat: 450 hp (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine. 21 built. Waco WRE Aristocrat: 420 hp (310 kW) Wright R-975...
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Junior engine and 48-ft (14.63-m) rotor (1 built) PA-21 – version with Wright R-975-E2 engine OP-1 – Reconnaissance autogyro (1931); two aircraft acquired...
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(330 kW) Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind radials, but only two of this model were built. Although Lockheed had also announced a Model 12F, powered by Wright R-760...
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seven with Wright R-790-3 (235 hp) as C-3As. The latter were upgraded to Wright R-975-1 (J6-9) radials at 300 hp and redesignated C-9. Five 5-ATs were built...
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Hispano-Suiza 8F Hispano-Suiza 9Q licensed Wright R-975 Whirlwind Hispano-Suiza 9T diesel radial Hispano-Suiza 9V licensed Wright R-1820 Cyclone Hispano-Suiza 12B...
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construction with turret ring from Canadian Ram tank to take 57mm T2 gun, Wright R-975 Engine, Warner Gear torque converter. Completed in June 1942 with Ordnance...
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redesignated as C-37 in 1938 and as UC-37 in 1943. Electra 10-B Powered by Wright R-975-E3 Whirlwind, 440 hp (328 kW) each; 18 produced Seven impressed by the...
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Sherman sub-types ran on gasoline. The air-cooled Continental-produced Wright R-975 Whirlwind 9-cylinder radial gasoline engine in the M4 and M4A1 produced...
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a 300 hp (220 kW) Wright R-975 (J-6-9) Whirlwind engine; 20 built. Model DC-6B Scout Fitted with a 225 hp (168 kW) Wright J-6-7 (R-760) engine; 24 built...
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the earlier NA-16s. The BT-14 featured a Pratt & Whitney R-985 engine versus the Wright R-975 used on the BT-9. As well as metal skin replacing the fabric...
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the USAAS, similar to the Navy's RD-1, powered by 2x 350 hp (261 kW) Wright R-975-3 engines. Y1C-26 Two aircraft for the USAAS with increased dimensions...
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(ATC 485) with 330 hp (250 kW) Wright R-975E radial engine CW-B-14D Speedwing 1 modified with 350 hp (260 kW) Wright R-975-E radial engine CW-B-14R (Racer)...
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300 hp (220 kW) Wright R-975 engines. XC-7 prototype and four C-2As re-designated in 1931. C-7A Six new production C-7 (Wright R-975) aircraft with larger...
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design of a fast tank destroyer using a Christie suspension, a Wright-Continental R-975 radial aircraft engine, and a 37 mm gun on the chassis of the Light...
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designation for the evaluation of one re-engined F-10A powered by three Wright R-975 radials. LB-2 Light bomber version. RA-4 United States Navy designation...
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