What engine is this?

[barney_g]

Does anyone know what engine this is and what aircraft it was used on?

[Zack Baughman]

Pratt & Whitney R-5600 Quadruple Wasp. Pretty sure somebody at Reno had way too much time on their hands! I'm sure there's a full back story on this one somewhere that will turn up.

Zack

[martymayes]

It's 2 4360's bolted together. Doubtful it even runs.

[barney_g]

It's pretty wild that you knew where the picture came from. Thanks for the replies.

[jrollf]

Just think of the gallons per mile you could get with that! :)

[DennisB]

Biggest problem here would be if it did run what would somebody ever do for a prop for such a monster if you got it running correctly it could be 8000 Horsepower..

[martymayes]

Biggest problem here would be if it did run what would somebody ever do for a prop for such a monster if you got it running correctly it could be 8000 Horsepower..

use the countra-rotating props from a Griffon, x2 (double countra-rotating? lol)

[DennisB]

The Griffon engine peaked at about 3500 Horsepower Most of the single RW4360's were 3500 to 4500 Horsepower and that double 4360 would have to be a real beast it would be interesting to see if the Counter rotating Griffon prop could effectively use all that Horsepower ?? Maybe a prop from the Russian TU-94 Bear if one could be obtained . But then prop diameter may become an issue ?? But that would sure give WWII fighter an awesome rate of climb .. The only factory single engine airplane I know of to use the 4360's was some of the Martin Maulers ..

[bdk]

Goodyear F2G?


The only factory single engine airplane I know of to use the 4360's was some of the Martin Maulers ..

[Tom Downey]

. The only factory single engine airplane I know of to use the 4360's was some of the Martin Maulers ..

The last 11 Corsairs had 4360s on them.

Super Corsair variants[edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vought_F4U_Corsair&action=edit&section=31)]Main article: Goodyear F2G Corsair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodyear_F2G_Corsair)
The F2G-1 and F2G-2 were significantly different aircraft, fitted with the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-4360) Wasp Major 4-row 28-cylinder "corncob" radial engine and teardrop (bubble) canopy. The difference between the -1 and -2 variants was that the -1 featured a manual folding wing and 14 ft (4.3 m) propellers, while the F2G-2 aircraft had hydraulic operated folding wings, 13 ft (4.0 m) propellers and carrier arresting hooks for carrier use.[116] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair#cite_note-123) As World War II was drawing to a close, development problems emerged that led to the abandonment of further work on the F2G series.[117] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_F4U_Corsair#cite_note-124) While only 10 were built, several F2Gs went on to racing success after the war, winning the Thompson trophy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_trophy) races in 1947 and 1949.