Talk:Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone

Latest comment: 11 years ago by 80.7.147.13

What is the "sfc"? When I know, "SFC" will become a disambiguation page as "SFC" also stands for the Super Famicom WhisperToMe 17:31, 26 Jun 2004 (UTC)

A bit late to reply I know but 'sfc' stands for Specific fuel consumption. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 17:56, 17 February 2013 (UTC)Reply

Assessment

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With some inline citations this would easily be a B-class article. --Colputt 17:41, 12 September 2007 (UTC)Reply

Someone should do something about the speculation as to why the PRTs caused trouble. It was the turbines themselves.Mark Lincoln (talk) 19:44, 18 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

Also the inanity about the XB-19 having it's Allison's changed for R-3350s. It was the other way around. The Wright's were replaced by the Allison's resulting in the designation change to XB-19A.Mark Lincoln (talk) 19:50, 18 January 2011 (UTC)Reply

Horsepower

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According to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum and the September issue of its magazine, a Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat warbird modified for Unlimited Class racing sports a Wright R-3350 rated at 4500 HP: http://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/The-Bear-Is-Back.html Dick Kimball (talk) 18:28, 18 September 2009 (UTC)Reply