Ranger Engines

Fairchild L-440 air-cooled, six-cylinder, inverted, in-line engine used in Fairchild PT-19

A preserved Ranger V-770

The Ranger Engines Division (also Ranger Aircraft Engine Division) of the Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft engine company. It was known as the Fairchild Engine Division after World War II.

Products

• Fairchild-Caminez Model 447 (4 cylinder X-style engine)(5.625 x 4.5 = 447.3ci)
• Fairchild 6-370A (3.9375 x 5.125 = 374.4ci)
• Ranger 6-390B (L-390) (4 x 5.125 = 386.4ci)
• Ranger 6-410B (L-410) (4.125 x 5.125 = 410.9ci)
• Ranger L-440 (6-440C)
• Ranger V-770 (SGV770B)
• XV-920 (4.375 x 5.125 = 924.5ci) enlarged V-770
• XH-1850 (4.375 x 5.125 = 1849.1) 24 cylinder, from V-920
• Fairchild J44
• Fairchild J83

Missiles

• AUM-N-2 Petrel

Survivors

• Carolinas Aviation Museum: * Ranger L-440 (2), Ranger V-770 (1) All in storage

See also

• List of aircraft engines

References

• Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. p. 132. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X.