Pratt and Whitney R1340 Wasp

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The Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp was an aircraft engine of the reciprocating type that was widely used in American aircraft from the 1920s onward. It was the Pratt & Whitney aircraft company's first engine, and the first of the famed Wasp series. It was a single-row, nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial design.
A total of 34,966 engines were produced and in the RAAF they were fitted to the CAC Wirraway and later the CAC Ceres.

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TECHNICAL DATA


Cylinders

Bore x Stroke

Swept Volume

Maximum Power

Weight

Carburettor Fuel System

Nine cylinder single row supercharged air cooled 
radial engine
5.75 x 5.75 inch                            (146x146 mm)

1,344 cubic inches                       (22 litres)

600 HP  @ 2,250 RPM

930 lbs                                            (422 kgs)

With Centrifugal Supercharger

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Image © Jason Burgess 2014