PlaneSpottingWorld welcomes all new members! Please gives your ideas at the Terminal.
Pratt & Whitney R-1690
From PlaneSpottingWorld, for aviation fans everywhere
The Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet was an engine widely used in American aircraft, 2,944 were produced from 1926 through 1942. It first flew in 1927. It was a single-row, 9-cylinder air-cooled radial design. Displacement was 1,690 cubic inches (27.7 L). It was built under licence in Italy as the Fiat A.59. In Germany, the BMW 132 was an improved version of this engine.
Models
A turbocharged version was available.
Aircraft
- Bach Air Yacht
- Bellanca 31-40
- Boeing 80
- Boeing Model 95
- Boeing 221
- Douglas O-38
- Fokker F.32
- Junkers Ju-52
- Junkers Ju-86
- Junkers W 34
- Keystone B-3
- Lockheed Lodestar C-56A, C-56B, C-56C, C-56D, C-56E, C-59/Mk 1a
- Martin B-10 and XB-14
- Sikorsky S-42
- Sikorsky S-43
- Vought O2U Corsair
- Wedell-Williams Model 44
Specifications
External links
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.| This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pratt & Whitney R-1690". |
