R-2180-E Twin Wasp E | |
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A Saab Scandia powered by two P&W R-2180 Twin Wasp E engines | |
Type | Radial engine |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Pratt & Whitney |
First run | 1945[ citation needed] |
Major applications | Saab 90 Scandia |
Developed from |
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Pratt & Whitney R-4360 |
The Pratt & Whitney R-2180-E Twin Wasp E was a radial aircraft engine developed in the United States by Pratt & Whitney. It had two rows of seven cylinders each. Its only production application was on the post-World War II Saab 90 Scandia airliner.
The R-2180-E is effectively a fourteen-cylinder simplification of the twenty-eight cylinder R-4360 Wasp Major engine; its cylinders are the same size and displacement as those of the Wasp Major. [1]
The R-2180-E Twin Wasp E was available in a " power-egg" installation certificated in 1945 for use as an engine upgrade for the Douglas DC-4. [2]
Data from [ citation needed]
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