Allison V-3420
The American aircraft engine Allison V-3420 was a piston engine with 24 cylinders.
history
The United States Army Air Corps commissioned in 1937, the Allison Engine Company to develop a large-volume, high-performance aircraft engine. Since the aircraft intended for this engine were not built in large numbers, only around 150 engines were built between 1941 and 1945.
construction
The V-3420 essentially consisted of two 12-cylinder Allison V-1710s , whose crankshafts ran coupled in a common crankcase.
Technical specifications
| Parameters | Allison V-3420 data |
|---|---|
| design type | 24 cylinder double V engine, two crankshafts |
| drilling | 140 mm |
| Hub | 152 mm |
| Displacement | 56 liters |
| Dry matter | 2,655 lb (approximately 1,200 kg ) |
| power | 2,885 hp (2,100 kW ) at 3,000 min -1 |
use
Web links
Commons : Allison V-3420 - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
- William Pearce: Allison V-3420 24-Cylinder Aircraft Engine. Old Machine Press, April 20, 2017, accessed October 1, 2017 .
- Allison V-3420-23 (V-3420-B10), Double V Engine. In: National Air and Space Museum. Smithsonian Institution, accessed October 1, 2017 : "This engine powered the Fisher XP-75A and P-75A."
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Allison V-3420. In: US Air Force Fact Sheet. National Museum of the United States Air Force , November 9, 2015, accessed October 1, 2017 .