Wright Cyclone family

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aircraft engine family radial aircraft engine family

The Wright Cyclone family is a series of American air-cooled radial aircraft engines widely used in military and civilian aircraft from the 1930s through World War II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Wright Cyclone engine family	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft engine family ⓘ radial aircraft engine family ⓘ
applicationDomain	aviation ⓘ
coolingMethod	air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designFeature	single-row radial (early models) ⓘ twin-row radial (later models) ⓘ
developedBy	Wright Aeronautical Division of Curtiss-Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineConfiguration	radial engine ⓘ
era	World War II ⓘ surface form: World War II era interwar period ⓘ
fuelType	aviation gasoline ⓘ
ignitionSystem	spark-ignition ⓘ
manufacturer	Wright Aeronautical NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableApplication	Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ Boeing B-29 Superfortress NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas DC-3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Douglas SBD Dauntless NERFINISHED ⓘ Grumman TBF Avenger NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	high power-to-weight ratio for its time ⓘ widespread wartime use ⓘ
notableSeries	Wright R-1750 Cyclone NERFINISHED ⓘ Wright R-1820 Cyclone NERFINISHED ⓘ Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone NERFINISHED ⓘ Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Wright Aeronautical engine lineup NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorTo	earlier Wright radial engines ⓘ
technologyType	piston engine ⓘ
usedBy	United States Army Air Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ commercial airlines ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War II ⓘ
usedInPeriod	1930s ⓘ 1940s ⓘ
usedInRole	civilian aircraft powerplant ⓘ military aircraft powerplant ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Wright R-1820 radial engine → family → Wright Cyclone family ⓘ

subject surface form: Wright R-1820

Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone → family → Wright Cyclone family ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wright Cyclone engine family