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Piston
Specifications (variant)
General characteristics
- Type: Seven-cylinder supercharged air-cooled radial piston engine
- Length: in (mm)
- Diameter: in (mm)
- Dry weight: lb (kg)
- Displacement: inĀ³ (L)
- Bore: in (mm)
- Stroke: in (mm)
Components (I'm not sure what else to call this section)
- Valvetrain: Two pushrod-actuated valves per cylinder with sodium-cooled exhaust valve
- Valvetrain: Overhead camshaft-actuated, two intake and two exhaust valves per cylinder, sodium-cooled exhaust valve stems
- Carburetor: twin-choke updraft with automatic mixture control
- Supercharger: Two-speed two-stage, boost pressure automatically linked to the throttle, water-air aftercooler installed between the second stage and the engine.
- Fuel type:
- Oil system: Dry sump with one pressure pump and two scavenge pumps
- Cooling system: 70% water and 30% ethylene glycol coolant mixture, pressurized
Performance
- Power output: hp (kW) at rpm for takeoff at sea level; hp (kW) at rpm for cruise at ft (m)
- Compression ratio:
- Fuel consumption: US gal/hr (L/hr) at economical cruise
- Oil consumption: US gal/hr ( L/hr)
- Power-to-weight ratio: hp/lb (kW/kg)
Jet
Specifications (variant)
General characteristics
- Type: turbofan
- Length: in ( mm)
- Diameter: in ( mm)
- Dry weight: lb ( kg)
- Displacement: in³ ( L)
Components
- Compressor: single-stage dual-entry centrifugal compressor with two-sided impeller
- Combustion chambers: 10 flow combustion chambers with igniter plugs in chambers 3 and 10
- Turbine: single-stage axial flow with 54 blades
- Fuel type: Aviation kerosene with 1% lubricating oil
- Oil system: US gal ( L) capacity, circulation rate US gal/hr ( L/hr), maximum inverted flying time
- Cooling system:
Performance
- Overall pressure ratio:
- Thrust: lbf ( kN) at rpm for takeoff; lbf ( kN) at rpm for cruise; lbf ( kN) at rpm at idle.
- Fuel consumption: lb/hr ( kg/hr) at maximum power; lb/hr ( kg/hr) at cruise power; lb/hr ( kg/hr) at idle
- Oil consumption: US gal/hr ( L/hr)
- Thrust-to-weight ratio: