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

Components

Performance

See also


Comparable engines
Related lists

References

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Notes
  1. 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. 


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