Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp

The Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp is an American air-cooled radial aircraft engine. It has 14 cylinders, arranged in two rings of seven. It displaces 1,830 cu in (30.0 L) and its bore and stroke are both 5.5 in (140 mm). The design traces its history to 1929 experiments at Pratt & Whitney on twin-row designs. Production began in 1932 and it was widely used during the 1930s.

Variants

• R-1830-1: • R-1830-9: , • R-1830-11: • R-1830-13: , , • R-1830-17: • R-1830-21: • R-1830-25: • R-1830-33: • R-1830-35: Fitted with GE B-2 turbosupercharger • R-1830-41: Fitted with GE B-2 turbosupercharger • R-1830-43: • R-1830-45: • R-1830-49: • R-1830-64: , • R-1830-65: • R-1830-66: , , • R-1830-72: • R-1830-75: • R-1830-76: • R-1830-82: • R-1830-86: • R-1830-88: • R-1830-90: • R-1830-90-B: • R-1830-92: • R-1830-94: • R-1830-S1C3-G: , • R-1830-S3C4-G: • R-1830-S6C3-G: • R-1830-SC-G: • R-1830-SC2-G: , • R-1830-SC3-G: same engine built in Sweden as STWC-3G by SFA company for Swedish J 22, B 17 and B 18. == Applications ==

Applications

• Bloch MB.176 • Boeing XB-15 • Budd RB Conestoga • Burnelli CBY-3 • CAC Boomerang – Australian "emergency fighter" • CAC Woomera • Consolidated B-24 Liberator • Consolidated PBY Catalina • Consolidated PB2Y Coronado • Consolidated PB4Y Privateer • Curtiss P-36 Hawk • DAP Beaufort – Australian-built variants of Bristol Beaufort • Douglas C-47 Skytrain • Douglas DC-3 • Douglas DB-7 – early variants only • Douglas TBD Devastator • FFVS J 22 – "emergency fighter"; built in-house by the Swedish Air Force • Grumman F4F Wildcat • I.Ae. 24 Calquin • Laird-Turner Meteor LTR-14 • Lioré et Olivier LeO 453 • Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar • Lisunov Li-3 – a Yugoslav version of the Lisunov Li-2 • Martin Maryland • Martin M-130 • Republic P-43 Lancer • Saab 17 • Saab 18 • Short Sunderland V • Seversky P-35 • Vickers Wellington IV • VL Myrsky – Finnish "emergency fighter" • Vultee P-66 Vanguard ==Engines on display==

Engines on display

• Model R-1830-65 on display at the Museo Nacional de Aeronautica, Buenos Aires, Argentina • Model R-1830-86 on display at the New England Air Museum, Bradley International Airport, Windsor Locks, Connecticut. • Model R-1830-90C on display at the Dutch aviation museum Aviodrome • Model R-1830-92 displayed at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC • Model R-1830 on display at the Northeast Classic Car Museum in Norwich, New York • Model R-1830 cut-away display at Airbase Arizona Museum in Mesa, Arizona ==Specifications (R-1830-S1C-G)==

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