Ranger L-440

L-440

Type	Piston aero-engine
Manufacturer	Ranger Aircraft Engine Division
Major applications	Fairchild PT-19/PT-26 Grumman Widgeon

The Ranger L-440 (company designation 6-440C) are six-cylinder inline inverted air-cooled aero-engines produced by the Ranger Aircraft Engine Division of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation of Farmingdale, New York, United States. The engine was mainly produced for Fairchild's family of training aircraft in the mid-1930s.

Variants

6-440C-2: 175hp variant with a 6:1 compression ratio.^[1]
6-440C-3: 180hp variant with a 6.2:1 compression ratio.^[1]
6-440C-4: 190hp variant with a 6.8:1 compression ratio.^[1]
6-440C-5: 200hp variant with a 7.5:1 compression ratio.^[1]

Applications

Specifications (6-440C-2)

A 6-440C cutaway

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Type: Six-cylinder inline inverted air-cooled
Bore: 4 ¹⁄₈ in (104.8 mm)
Stroke: 5 ¹⁄₂ in (139.7 mm)
Displacement: 441 in³ (7.2 litres)
Length: 53.156 in (1.351 m)
Width: 21.954 in (0.549 m)
Height: 33.50 in (0.854 m)
Dry weight: 376 lb (170.7 kg)

Components

Valvetrain: Underhead camshaft
Fuel system: Upright carburetor
Fuel type: 65 octane rating gasoline
Oil system: Full pressure type
Cooling system: air-cooled (pressure type cylinder baffles)

Performance

Power output: 175 hp at 2,450 rpm
Compression ratio: 6:1

References

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Notes

1 2 3 4 5 Bridgeman 1988

Bibliography

Bridgman, Leonard (1988). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Ranger/Fairchild aircraft engines

Ranger military designations	L-390 L-410 L-440 V-770

Ranger civil designations	6-390B 6-410B 6-440C SGV770B

Fairchild turbojets	J44 J83

American Helicopter	XPJ49

See also: Fairchild aircraft

United States military piston aircraft engine designation system

H (four-bank H-configuration inline)	H-1640 XH-2240 H-2470 XH-2600 XH-3130 XH-3730 H-4070

I (inverted-V inline)	IV-1430 IV-2040 IV-2220

L (single-bank inline)	L-330 L-365 L-375 L-390 L-410 L-440 L-510 L-825

O (opposed)	O-15 O-40 O-45 O-90 O-100 O-145 O-150 O-170 O-175 O-180 O-190 O-200 (C) O-200 (F) O-205 O-235 O-290 O-300 O-335 O-360 (C) O-360 (L) O-405 O-425 O-435 O-470 O-480 O-520 O-540 (F) O-540 (L) O-550 O-580 O-805 O-1230

R (radial)	R-250 R-265 R-270 R-370 (LB) R-370 (K) R-420 R-440 R-500 R-540 (W) R-540 (K) R-545 R-550 R-600 R-670 R-680 R-720 R-755 R-760 R-790 R-830 R-915 R-975 DR-980 R-985 R-1044 R-1300 R-1340 R-1454 R-1510 R-1535 R-1640 R-1670 R-1690 R-1750 R-1820 R-1830 R-1860 R-2000 R-2060 R-2160 R-2180 R-2600 R-2800 R-3350 R-4090 R-4360 XR-7755

V (upright-V inline)	V-720 V-770 V-1150 V-1237 V-1400 V-1410 V-1440 V-1460 V-1510 V-1560 V-1570 V-1650 (L) V-1650 (P) V-1710 V-1950 V-3420

W (three-bank W-configuration inline)	W-2779

See also: X-1800 US military gas turbine aeroengines Piston engine configurations

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