Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine

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aircraft engine piston engine radial engine

The Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp is a widely used American 14-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine of the World War II era, powering numerous fighters, bombers, and transport aircraft.

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Label Occurrences
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp 4
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine canonical 3
Pratt & Whitney R‑1830 Twin Wasp 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft engine ⓘ
piston engine ⓘ
radial engine ⓘ
applicationRole bomber powerplant ⓘ
maritime patrol powerplant ⓘ
transport powerplant ⓘ
bore 5.5 inches ⓘ
configuration 14-cylinder radial ⓘ
coolingSystem air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
cylinderArrangement two-row radial ⓘ
displacement 1830 cubic inches ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
family Pratt & Whitney Wasp series ⓘ
firstRun 1932 ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
ignitionSystem dual ignition ⓘ
introduced early 1930s ⓘ
manufacturer Pratt & Whitney ⓘ
notableApplication Consolidated B-24 Liberator ⓘ
surface form: Consolidated B-24 Liberator (early variants)

Convair PBY Catalina (as Consolidated predecessor line) ⓘ
surface form: Consolidated PBY Catalina

Douglas C-47 Skytrain ⓘ
Douglas DC-3 ⓘ
Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ
surface form: Grumman F4F Wildcat (early variants)

Short Sunderland (some variants) ⓘ
Vought SB2U Vindicator ⓘ
notableFeature high reliability ⓘ
wide operational use ⓘ
notableFor being one of the most produced aircraft engines of World War II ⓘ
numberOfCylinders 14 ⓘ
powerOutputRange 800 to 1200 horsepower ⓘ
productionStatus out of production ⓘ
stroke 5.5 inches ⓘ
successor Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp ⓘ
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp ⓘ
supercharging single-stage supercharger ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
multiple Allied air forces ⓘ
usedInAircraftType bomber aircraft ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
transport aircraft ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
valvetrain single overhead cam per row ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Consolidated B-24 Liberator → engineType → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
Grumman F4F Wildcat → engineType → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
Douglas TBD Devastator → engineType → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engine
Douglas C-47 Skytrain → engineType → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express → engineType → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
Seversky P-35 → powerplant → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp
PB4Y-2 Privateer → engineType → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
Saab 18 → powerplant → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R‑1830 Twin Wasp
Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine → inspiredDevelopmentOf → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Pratt & Whitney Wasp
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R‑1830 Twin Wasp
Dakota → engineType → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
Gooney Bird → powerplant → Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine ⓘ
subject surface form: Douglas C-47 Skytrain
this entity surface form: Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engines