Producer: | Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company |
Manufactured: | 1944-1955 |
Units produced: | 18,697 |
Cylinder Arrangement: | four-star, 20-valve engine with reducer |
Cooling: | air |
Cylinder bore: | 146 mm |
Stroke: | 152 mm |
Compression ratio: | 6.70:1 |
Displacement: | 71,488 dm3 |
Fuel mixture preparation: | four-chamber Bendix-Stromberg PR-100B3 carburetor |
Valves: | one intake and one exhaust valve for each engine cylinder |
Fuel: | 108 / 135 octane |
Supercharger: | GE CHM-2 single stage turbocharger or mechanical compressor |
Length: | 2 451 mm |
Diameter: | 1 397 mm |
Weight: | 1 755 kg |
Power: | 3 500 hp at 2 700 rpm - at take-off 2 800 hp at 2 550 rpm at h= 1 070 m - increased cruise power 2,650 hp at 2,550 rpm at h= 2,600 m - cruise power |
Note: | water injection into the engine compressor Used in aircraft: Convair B-36, Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Martin AM-1 Mauler, Northrop XB-35, Goodyear F2G and Republic XP-72 |
Sources used:
www.geocities.com
http://www.shanaberger.com/engines/R-4360.htm
www.ellsworth.af.mil
www.nationalmuseum.af.mil
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