• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

...imagine the possibilities

MENUMENU
  • Public Events
  • Education
  • Aerospace Collection
  • Visit Us
        • Experience Wings of Eagles Discovery Center in Person!

          Open to the public:

          Summer Hours: From Memorial Day to Labor Day,  Open Thurs-Fri-Sat-Sun 10:00am-3:00pm
          Winter Hours: From Labor Day to Memorial Day, Open Fri-Sat-Sun 10:00am-3:00pm

          Summer Day Camp Hours:  Student hours Monday thru Friday  9:00am-3:00pm (sharp)

          WEDC will be closed February 4, 2023 due to weather!

        • Directions
        • Admission Prices
        • Tours
  • Book Escape Room
  • Join Us
        • There are many way to support us in our effort to provide hands-on STEM education to youth in our area.

        • Become a Volunteer
        • Become A Member
        • Donate Now
        • Volunteer Time Entry
  • Book An Event
  • Wings Cafe
  • News Center
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Search
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Home
MENUMENU
  • Book An Event
  • Book Escape Room
  • About Us
  • Corporate Sponsors
  • In Memory
  • ASTC
  • Wings Cafe
You are here: Home / Aerospace Collection / Engines / Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp

Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp

Display Status: On display
Type: Twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial engine
Country/Date: US 1939

Overview

The Pratt & Whitney R-2800 is a twin-row, 18-cylinder, air-cooled radial aircraft engine with a displacement of 2,800 in³ (46 L), and is part of the long-lived Wasp family. The R-2800 is considered one of the premier radial piston engines ever designed and is notable for its widespread use in many important American and foreign aircraft during and after World War II. Although much smaller than the world’s only other modern eighteen cylinder engine, the 3,442 cu in. (56.4 L) Gnome-Rhone 18L, it was more powerful. During the war years, Pratt & Whitney continued to develop new ideas to upgrade this already powerful workhorse, most notably water injection for takeoff in cargo and passenger planes and to give emergency power in combat.

Heat dissipation was a problem for radial engines. This meant that for the R-2800, the cast or forged cooling fins of previous designs had to be discarded. Cooling fins needed to be so thin and of such a fine pitch that they had to be machined from a solid metal forged head. The fins were cut together by a gang of automatically guided milling saws that rose and fell following the head contour. The Double Wasp’s efficient baffling system directed the flow of cooling air and was considered better than the arrangements on the Ranger inline air-cooled engines.

Primary Sidebar

Visit Us

Tour our 25,000 sq ft hangar with aircraft on display inside and outside. Experience our collection through static displays, docent guided tours, self guided mobile tours and flight simulators. Take home a momento from our Gift Shop to remember your visit and grab a bite to eat at the Wings Cafe. ‹more›

  • Audio Tour
  • Admission Prices
  • Video Tour

Footer

ABOUT WINGS OF EAGLES

Wings of Eagles strives to educate residents of New York’s Southern Tier and Pennsylvania’s Northern Tier through formal and informal education programs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).
Sitemap
Conditions of Use
Member of ASTC

GET IN TOUCH

339 Daniel Zenker Drive, Horseheads, NY 14845, USA

607-358-4247

Contact Us

2023 Events

1. Project-based Learning Saturdays (STEM & Tutoring)  (10am-113am)  See our Education page for more information and to purchase classes.

2. June 3, 2023 open to the public for donations - Cantata Singers in Concert https://www.cantatasingers.com/ 

 

 

Wings of Eagles follows CDC and Chemung County guidelines for facemask and social distancing requirements. 
 
Escape Rooms will be available with restrictions but must be reserved through Wings of Eagles staff. 
Requests for Escape Rooms are most easily handled by emailing info@wingsofeagles.com
or by telephone at 607-358-4247 during current hours of operation.
NOTE: email and voice messages are monitoring during non-business hours.

THE LATEST ON FACEBOOK

Facebook
  • Public Events
  • Education
  • Aerospace Collection
  • Visit Us
  • Book Escape Room
  • Join Us
  • Book An Event
  • Wings Cafe
  • News Center
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Search
  • Search
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Home

Designed by LTheme.com - Powered by Wordpress

DMCA | Term of Use | Primary Policy