Installed in P-39 Bell Airacobra, Allison V-1710-E4 engine is first in United States to be placed behind pilot, permitting number of design innovations in construction and armament installation; each of two 6-cyl blocks is complete unit; max normal rating is 880 hp at 2600 rpm at sea level and 1150 hp at 3000 rpm at 12,000 ft. (see also similar description in Flight v 39 n 1695 June 19 1941 p 419-20)
Allison V-1710-E4 engine
Aero Digest
Aero Digest ; 38 , n 3
1941
Article (Journal)
English
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