NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Wright Cyclone

Wright Cyclone was the name given to a family of air-cooled radial piston engines designed by Curtiss-Wright, and used in numerous American aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s.

Cyclone family

R-1820 Cyclone 9
R-2600 Cyclone 14
R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone

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Wright R-3350 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (701 words)
	In 1927 Wright Aeronautical introduced their famous Cyclone engine, which powered a number of designs in the 1930s.
	The new Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 first ran successfully in 1935, and would become one of the most-used aircraft engines in the 1930s and WWII.
	The result were two designs with a somewhat shorter stroke, a 14 cylinder design that would evolve into the Wright R-2600, and a much larger 18 cylinder design that became the R-3350.

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