Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp

R-1340 Wasp
The first Pratt & Whitney Wasp
Type Radial engine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Pratt & Whitney
First run 29 December 1925
Major applications Boeing 247
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter
North American T-6 Texan
Sikorsky H-19
Sikorsky S-38
Number built 34,966
Developed into Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior

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.[1] It was a single-row, nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial design, and displaced 1,344 cubic inches (22 L); bore and stroke were both 5.75 in (146 mm). A total of 34,966 engines were produced.[2]

As well as numerous types of fixed-wing aircraft, it was used to power helicopters, the Agusta-Bell AB.102 and the Sikorsky H-19, and a class of airship, the K-class blimp.

In 2016, it received designation as a Historic Engineering Landmark from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.[3]


Variants

Note: R for Radial and 1340 for 1340 cubic inch displacement.

R-1340-7
450 hp (340 kW), 600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-8
425 hp (317 kW)
R-1340-9
450 hp (340 kW), 525 hp (391 kW)
R-1340-16
550 hp (410 kW)
R-1340-17
525 hp (391 kW)
R-1340-19
600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-19F
600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-21G
550 hp (410 kW)
R-1340-22
550 hp (410 kW)
R-1340-23
575 hp (429 kW)
R-1340-30
550 hp (410 kW)
R-1340-31
550 hp (410 kW)
R-1340-33
600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-48
600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-49
600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-AN1
550 hp (410 kW), 600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-AN2
550 hp (410 kW), 3:2 geared prop shaft
R-1340-B
450 hp (340 kW)
R-1340-D
500 hp (370 kW)
R-1340-S1D1
525 hp (391 kW)
R-1340-S1H1-G
550 hp (410 kW), 600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-S3H1
600 hp (450 kW)
R-1340-T1D1
520 hp (390 kW)

Applications

R-1340 powered Curtiss SOC Seagull

Engines on display

Specifications (R-1340-S1H1-G)

Pratt & Whitney R-1340 installed in a T-6 Texan

Data from Jane's.[9]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also

Related development


Related lists

References

Notes

Bibliography

  • Bridgman, Leonard. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1945-46. Hammersmith, London: HarperCollinsPublishers (1994 reprint). ISBN 000 470831-8
  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9

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