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The '''Pratt & Whitney XH-3130''' (sometimes called the '''XL-3130'''{{cn}}) was an [[H-engine|H-block]] [[aircraft engine]] project developed for the [[United States Navy]] in the late 1930s.<ref name="Gunston 2006">Gunston 2006, p. 163.</ref> The design was later enlarged as the '''XH-37300'''), but the project was canceled in 1940 in favor of Pratt & Whitney developing the [[Pratt & Whitney R-4360|R-4360 Wasp Major]] air-cooled radial engine.<ref name="Connors">Connors, p. 147.</ref>
The '''Pratt & Whitney XH-3130''' (sometimes called the '''XL-3130'''{{Citation needed|date=January 2011}}) was an [[H-engine|H-block]] [[aircraft engine]] project developed for the [[United States Navy]] in the late 1930s.<ref name="Gunston 2006">Gunston 2006, p. 163.</ref> The design was later enlarged as the '''XH-37300'''), but the project was canceled in 1940 in favor of Pratt & Whitney developing the [[Pratt & Whitney R-4360|R-4360 Wasp Major]] air-cooled radial engine.<ref name="Connors">Connors, p. 147.</ref>


==Specifications==
==Specifications==

Revision as of 19:20, 2 January 2011

XH-3130 / XH-3730)
Type 24-cylinder H-engine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Pratt & Whitney

The Pratt & Whitney XH-3130 (sometimes called the XL-3130[citation needed]) was an H-block aircraft engine project developed for the United States Navy in the late 1930s.[1] The design was later enlarged as the XH-37300), but the project was canceled in 1940 in favor of Pratt & Whitney developing the R-4360 Wasp Major air-cooled radial engine.[2]

Specifications

See also

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Notes

  1. ^ Gunston 2006, p. 163.
  2. ^ Connors, p. 147.

Bibliography

  • Connors, Jack (2010). The Engines of Pratt & Whitney: A Technical History. Reston. Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. ISBN 978-1-60086-711-8. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  • Gunston, Bill (1999). The Development of Piston Aero Engines, 2nd Edition. Sparkford, Somerset, England, UK: Patrick Stephens, Haynes Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-4478-1. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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