Details of two radial air-cooled aircraft engines; Challenger has 6 cylinders with 5 1/8-in. bore and 4 7/8-in. stroke; 180 hp. developed at 1800 r.p.m.; weight 420 lb.; two-throw 180-deg. single-piece counterbalanced crankshaft. Chieftain has 12 cylinders with two banks of six cylinders in lines of two; bore 5 5/8 in.; stroke 5 1/2 in.; 615 hp. developed at 2200 r.p.m.; 900 lb. weight.
Curtiss challenger (R, 600) and Curtiss Chieftain (H 1640) engines
Aeroplane
Aeroplane ; 35 , n 9
1928
4 Figs.
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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