Pratt&Whitney R2800 Double Wasp

Tibro Motorhistoriska Dag 23/5 2015:
Pratt&Whitney R2800 Double Wasp
18-cylindrig stjärnmotor 46 lit ca 2000 hk
Började serietillverkas 1939

[@DElkan]

P-47, the Hellcat, the Corsair, the P-61, Douglas' DC-6, A-26 invader, all use this magnificent engine.

[@syweywang7886]

but B25 haven't :)

[@CZrv4]

And the C-46 and the Canadair CL 215

[@mickeybowmeister1944]

Was this on the B29?

[@CZrv4]

The cool thing about the 2800 is the horse power and displacement ratio that’s what makes it unique

[@flugplatz21]

@soaringtractor: Calm down! Dude asked a question. You had to learn the answer once upon a time, too. The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 "Wasp Major " in the B-50 variant was a better engine, anyway.

[@prun8893]

The operator is at an age where he just doesn't care anymore.....had a good life and if this thing takes me out, what a way to go.

[@Shaft-Industries]

When it pops off it has some killer acceleration.

[@wileycousins9209]

My Uncle flew an F4-U Corsair in the Pacific during WW2. I think it would be great fun to take a team of modern aeronautical engineers and - using all the modern tools - design their best fighter around this engine.....and see how closely it resembles the Corsair, Hellcat, or Thunderbolt.

[@OtterTreySSArmy]

I think it really would depend on the intended mission profile. If we're going for pure ground attacker(which realistically could be its only role), I'd probably look like the AD-4 Skyraider. You wouldn't be strapping AIM-9s or AMRAAMs onto it because I'm not even sure you'd have enough air speed for them to properly launch.

[@Loulovesspeed]

This incredible engine was made about 45 minutes from where I live in Connecticut, and there is a beautiful example at the New England Air Museum at Bradley International Airport. The colorful badge shown at the start of this video says it all.......Pratt & Whitney, U.S.A. - Dependable Engines. One of the most significant and most powerful engines made in WWll.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@Scwoi1 - Well, the engine is probably at least 75 years old and who knows how it has been maintained through the years. I'm sure it fired right up during the war years when they were kept in tune by trained specialists.

[@geokeyey1116]

My old man worked at Atlantic aerospace formally known as Atlantic tool and die works lol. They made all the rotating parts for pratts turbine engines. He put in 35 years there. I worked there for a summer between semesters boy was I proud and amazed at the level of precision

[@geokeyey1116]

The plant was in Newington and we are from Farmington

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@geokeyey1116- I grew up in Newington from 1949-1963 and lived off of Robins Avenue, on Golf St. I went to New Britain many times on my bike and the bus with my friend to the Amato's Hobby Shop. I think I remember riding past the Atlantic Tool & Die Works on New Britain Avenue, not far from the railroad line. I might be wrong on the location but I'm sure I remember seeing the building and name on it. I am now retired in Torrington. I love machine tool shops and was fortunate to work in the Pratt & Whitney plant in East Hartford when I was cleaning typewriters for Royal as a summer job. I also was in the engine test facility in Middletown. Great memories, at least the ones I still have! LOL

[@duanepierson4375]

As a long time Ct resident, I was amazed to learn all the big parts of the Corsair were made in Ct. the props where made by Hamilton Standard in Windsor Locks, the R-2800 by P&W, w/ the Airframe made in Stratford by Vought-Sikorsky by LI sound. Don’t forget, Grumman’s Iron Works and Republic where also on the Isle of Long too!

[@gearz2570]

that engine has an absolutely amazing sound doesn't it.

[@ronaldgreen5292]

I'm in total awe!!!!!! That's what you call a true "Power House!" You have to have "Brass-Ball!", to stand that close to that engine!!! Whew!!!!

[@aeb1barfo]

Some airlines use 4 of these engines. The smoke comes from pooled oil on the bottom cylinders . Each engine required 2 quarts after a cross country run. My Dad service this and other 2v row engines and airframes in SFO until the jets arrived. all the airlines wanted him and he changed jobs. The Connie is the most beautiful airframe ever built . Imagine 4 of these engines carrying passengers everywhere in the USA. A pilot syncing these engines to eliminate noise and vibration, so the stews served TWA Tea in the cabin. And fresh dinners, not the crap we eat today.

[@rexluminus9867]

You mean blody animal feed meals!!!

[@raphaeldesmond4736]

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[@arimartin1944]

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[@raphaeldesmond4736]

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[@Nathan-pw7do]

Amazing thing about the radials is yeah it looks big but for 2800 cubes that's a really small package

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

Not compared to turbines, even the early turbine engines. That's why turbines caught on so fast and radials went the way of the dinosaur.

[@topsecret1837]

@@ParadigmUnkn0wn Agreed, yet Republic aviation engineers had such a difficult time working with Centrifugal jet engines with a radius too large for the P-47. If they had used an Axial engine they may have gotten somewhere.

[@mickeysm64]

​@@ParadigmUnkn0wnnothing sounds quite as good as a radial engine though.

[@natelav534]

46 liters man. We will never see monsters like this again.

[@hawkdsl]

The two remaining Howard 500's use these with methanol water injection. Maybe the best P&W radial of the Wasp series IMHO. Decent fuel burns, excellent reliability, and didn't have allot of problems like some of the other radials that needed allot of TLC.

[@TheCountofToulouse]

So reliable, an absolutely great design and proofed by its service record performance and pilot testimonies.

[@PNolandS]

There are two types of planes; ones that use their sleek design to pull themselves up to impressive speeds, and ones that use brute force. I’ll give you one guess as to which planes use the Double Wasp.

[@diobrando2575]

The PNolandS are you saying the Corsair isn’t a sleek aircraft? She may be big, but she’s a very sleek with her smooth body and gull wing design.

[@HutchCanisDV]

@@diobrando2575 Perfectly spoken

[@Reaper_03-01]

Planes that use brute force, one of them is named the Jug

[@PotatoeJoe69]

The best radial to ever be made.

[@johngoessling4949]

Strapped to the fastest fighter plane of ww2

[@davidgpeterson]

I’m convinced that the dude in the red suspenders thinks the engine in his tractor is more impressive.

[@harrismagalona9028]

i can hear the sweet sound of the supercharger

[@Marc-zi4vg]

The Double wasp, the official engine of Boom and Zoom

[@woodychadwick9834]

Big bad ass engine, I'd be scared to stand so close.

[@MrGTO-ze7vb]

Sweet run up.!

[@williamtomkiel8215]

when Leno ran his Merlin, he walked us thru the control panel, it would make a good addition here . .

[@caseym5017]

How hard would it be to install a remote throttle cable?

[@charlesfoster141]

Wonderful

[@bobrosso9147]

what a beast 3:20 wth was that?

[@TheDrunkenMug]

Pre-ignition? I don't know for sure! But it looked badass 😀

[@chrismair8161]

Chubs in the back ground? Is not wearing anything under the cover alls.

[@nicolayu.kotomanoff4358]

Cool! I am ready to flying! How much is a ticket? 😁😁❤️❤️👋👋

[@bogeyboy4044]

I got goosebumps

[@graemewilliams1308]

Starter duty cycle ?....gulp !

[@coltsfan79]

With these engines the starter motor didn't actually turn the engine over, the starter spun up a flywheel then though a series of clutches that engaged the motor that's why you hear the whine long before the motor actually starts turning over.

[@Aegirak]

Damn those really were tough to start.

[@bobroberts2371]

They will start faster than that. They were probably building oil pressure.

[@JW-gb6hq]

@@bobroberts2371yep--you’re exactly right

[@TwistedKestrel]

Fuel starved @ 3:18?

[@jill9356]

TwistedKestrel probably an unpurged line had an air bubble in it

[@kylekenan2321]

I need that for my push mower

[@Reaper_03-01]

Dude, you strap one of these to your mower and its gonna take off.

[@kylekenan2321]

@@Reaper_03-01 Not if I take the prop off and put the blade on. The blade wouldn't make enough thrust to pick up the engine.

[@jazzyb9749]

in a convair it was known as whistling death

[@Mausertwo]

thats a big fan

[@CrazyForCooCooPuffs]

Somethings wrong with it, not running right.

[@BeselerSimRacing]

lots of weirdos in this one.

[@88mike42]

A couple of strangeoids maybe, but weirdos? C'mon.

[@BeselerSimRacing]

Hamburgler making an appearance at :18 !

[@cerdon4076]

0:18 your welcome

[@nas4js]

What type of R2800 is!?

[@nevetslleksah]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-2800_Double_Wasp

[@awsome712]

Choke it!😉

[@chrismair8161]

In a single seat Aircraft? WoW! (I will keep the parachute under my sorry ass.)

[@ivanfangio]

Sledge Hammer was there!

[@brentdykgraaf184]

Hope he has a spare starter.

[@mikearakelian6368]

Someone doesn't kno how to start engin e

[@ItsDevlcon]

Ahh yes.

[@kennethavesato3883]

😅😅😊 recips need a good prine before they start

[@fernandogarcia-wq1qm]

in mercadolibre argentina sell one for one tousend dolar

[@wakajundouga]

今の技術で作ったら凄い馬力だろうなw

[@chicoxiba]

i would make it rev like at takeoff... wasp like

[@fariastratoresfarias9441]

KKKK ERA TACA MEU AMIGO PRA FUNCIONAR KKKKKK

[@dkoz8321]

Is the engine compatible with green economy? Does the engine contribute to multicultural diversity and struggle for LGBTQ rights?

[@fortcrafterbossbehold9027]

No, and there is no higher honor for that from me!!!

[@michaelwoods9005]

There always has to be that one asshole..

[@RhodokTribesman]

It literally did contribute to all of that haha, it fought Nazis, Italian Fascists, and the Imperial Japanese after all. This beast protected democracy to allow all of these things. Unironically based

[@dkoz8321]

@@RhodokTribesman I was trying. Trying hard to be facetious and ironic. Making a statement on self-destructive wokeism of liberal arts education. But you sir! You torpedoed my efforts.

[@RhodokTribesman]

@@dkoz8321 I don't think you understand the term "liberal arts" hahahaha

[@jocopowell]

Fun Fact: These drop directly into a Mazda Miata requiring only minor modifications.

[@reverseshotgun721]

Miata owner here, can confirm.

[@clqudy4750]

Oh, cool! I got one in the back of my 1967 VW Bug.

[@MrOramato]

My Dad flew a US Army Air Force (USAAF) P-47 in the CBI. Two of his fighters sustained severe enough damage that they were turned into parts planes. They weighed between 7 and 8 tons depending on ammo, rockets, and bomb load. The P-47 could reach 440 mph, and a 40000 ft altitude. The engine in the video is 18 cylinder “Double Wasp” Engine. The P-47 was a feared weapon of war, capable of air to air fighting, bombing, strafing, and launching 5”’napalm rockets.

[@dkoz8321]

P-47 was A-10 of its day. With its 8 .50 cal guns. Though P-47 was not my favorite Allied fighter of the war. To me that was P-38 followed by P-61 Black Widow in its A/G configuration.

[@SgtAwesome97]

@@dkoz8321 It is literally the grandfather of the A-10, made by the same company and has the same name. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. It's definitely my personal favorite allied fighter, hands down.

[@dkoz8321]

@@SgtAwesome97 Sgt. unfourtunately it was not. Literal 'grandpa' of A-10 was an enemy Axis type. A late war Ju-87G Stuka variant with dual 37mm Boardkannone. The design team of A-10 , at Fairchild, was required to study book '"Stuka Pilot", by Luftwaffe Oberst (colonel) Hans-Ulrich Rudel. A fanatical nazee during war, and neo-nutzee after, he was credited with hundreds of tank and armored targets on Eastern Front against Soviets. He flew 1000 missions. P-47 was still a large influence on evolution of A-10. Pilot protection, engine protection, simple reduntant flight control, massive firepower. There is critisism of team relying on Rudel and Ju-87G. First is that Ju-87 suffered terrible attrition on Eastern Front and Rudel was a statistical outlier. Even by standards of WWII, StukaG had to get close to T-34 to knock it out with its cannon and had to strike top and engine lid to stop Soviet armor. Which made it volunmerable to AAA. Something that A-10 is also critisised for. Unless it is deploying PGM outside of AAA and ADA threat ranges , and in air-air permissive environment. Myself, being former Army 13A Fire Suppourt officer, beleive that A-10 has 20-30 years left. If it is properly funded, maintained, rewinged, has updated ECM, and munitions upgrade. So write your Congressman. Biggest enemy of A-10 is Pentagon politics.

[@rexluminus9867]

A master piece ! What a sound. Thank you.

[@kemalnottaturk2500]

when you put one of these in a car, do you have to mount it transverse?

[@gesitiwadengaming9873]

Kemal NottaTurk you mean when you mount a car to this engine?

[@markforster6457]

These magnificent beasts were originally designed, built by, and the timing was set by, engineers with slide rules.

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

Yeah, and over 80 years ago.

[@jeffreyjablowicz1200]

Beautiful, designed with pencils and a slide rule.

[@angelnavarro4618]

Back when when the Americans own their country, I just to admired them. (tough engines tough mechanics)

[@jaypaxton2222]

The best aircraft motor used in WW2 hands down.

[@SE-dn7xl]

One of the two. The Merlin shares that spot with the R-2800 - it took our P51s all the way to Berlin.

[@1CharlieWolf]

@@SE-dn7xl Ah, but don't forget how much more durable the wasp engine was compared to the merlin. The wasp engine could take a beating and still operate while the merlin engine had to be stopped for service. Whole pistons would sit at the bottom of the engine bay for the wasp and the pilots would complain of just a small power loss, the merlin engines had to be stopped if something such as a piston fell out.

[@SE-dn7xl]

@@1CharlieWolf No argument. Powered my favorite plane ever (F4U).

[@1CharlieWolf]

@@SE-dn7xl Nothing wrong with that! They were all good planes! But I would agree that the merlin was a good engine. I like the wasp a lot though.

[@Loulovesspeed]

@@1CharlieWolf- The most common reliability point of the P&W engine was that it was air cooled and could continue flying with a cylinder or two destroyed, while the RR Merlin was water cooled and much more subject to overheating and destructing itself if any aspect of its cooling system was damaged, causing fluid loss.

[@andrewnorgrove6487]

Must of felt very strange getting into your willys jeep after flying a P-47 Allday !

[@nightwing9670]

I used to work on two of these on our USN C-131 ( Convair 340) oil eating and leaking monsters but sounded so awesome.

[@battlefield1soldier929]

Shvetsov Ash 62 is cool too. But I like both :)

[@weedeater49cc]

would be cool to put a full prop on that and hook a tracker pull sled to it and see how much it could pull

[@carloseduardobaldocchi2543]

I would like to see the supercharger working as well.

[@asiftalpur3758]

The best engine of WW2, period.

[@matsjakobsen5144]

it could do gun and run on most things

[@buckhorncortez]

If it's a WWII engine, it would be interesting to know which company built it.

[@silvirhunter3607]

Pratt and Whittney.

[@silvirhunter3607]

@@thunder14062 Ah ok, I had no idea anyone else built them, thanks.

[@mikearakelian6368]

Must have many starters for backup...

[@robertporch8895]

This one dude keeps going up there with no ear protection on. Wow! Otherwise a great engine. In the 1950's the aircraft with these type engines were a thrill to watch and fly in. There's just something about propeller driven craft that jet engine craft don't have.

[@marcomoreno3071]

What a beaty. I read stories of cylinder heads getting destroyed and the push rods still going up and down and still bring the plane home'

[@notablediscomfort]

You mean to tell me it sucked in all its air from that one little scoop on top?

[@connorssmallengines6663]

They are supercharged

[@RhodokTribesman]

@@connorssmallengines6663 and going like 200-550 mph during most operation hours

[@davidstumer3360]

What a beast. I bet there's a hellcat out there needing this.

[@apollo21lmp]

"Alright Mr Dorfmann, start pullin'."

[@абдул-барисулейманов]

о,дабл васп прат анд витни,легенда второй мировой,одна из.

[@Pushyhog]

Give it gas, they start better.

[@FayazAhmad-yl6sp]

Like the sound of radial engine 👌

[@TommyboyGTP]

@3:18 Let me clear my throat..

[@88mike42]

Looks like you pissed it off at 3:16.

[@billdavid6315]

that's not a toyota

[@thomasjefferson5208]

Fantastic machine!

[@DerekWalsh-l4i]

Brilliant! I also see that Health and Safety for the spectators was not a problem back then. Nowadays it would all be barriered-off, and no-one allowed within 20 metres.

[@poderosov8]

Hi! Anyone knows max RPM of that engine?

[@nevetslleksah]

This article doesn’t say but 2100 hp at 2700 rpm sounds impressive enough. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-2800_Double_Wasp

[@poderosov8]

@@nevetslleksah thank you Steven. Cheers from Argentina!

[@konstantinosskouras3243]

it's 2800 +0 -25 RPM at take off power

[@poderosov8]

@@konstantinosskouras3243 thanks Konstantinos!

[@Ken-lp9qt]

The timing on that engine is spot on. Sounds great.

[@FXDJ_BRLN]

Wow! Amazing, the Sound must be brutal!

[@сосиська]

like some old grizzled farmer to his tired voice said: "son, fetch me my rifle, we show that the Japanese Islands" (I'm talking about the second world war)

[@MavAuto-Pete]

Had some trouble starting?

[@philr3510]

Pete Childs I don’t think so. I’m pretty sure that they were winding it up to spread the oil around all of the cylinders. If the engine has been sitting unused for a day or so all of the engine oil settles down to the bottom pistons, so they crank it over a few times to distribute the oil before starting.

[@danielballario1615]

They best engine of the history?

[@mrkultra1655]

This was great, thanks

[@ThePower1037]

Ooh, an energizer, rare!

[@jill9356]

The delay on the camera is spotty

[@mr.t8624]

I could just see “Gallagher” retiring the sledg-o-matic and using this instead. That would be awesome !

[@HappiKarafuru]

Engine that have one thing in common...able to took more punishment

[@derekwall200]

F4U corsair motor

[@theorganizer1273]

Derek Wall Hellcat, Thunderbolt, Corsair and Bearcat...

[@patpatterson6214]

@@theorganizer1273 Used in the C-123 Provider in Vietnam too.

[@сосиська]

i'm russian, but this engine... this sound... this power... is driving me crazy

[@Netanya-q4b]

That's how I feel watching Russian rocket artillery haha - our countries should be allies :)

[@markodjukic9532]

Russians made some of these engines under licence during WW2. Factories like Shvetsov.😉

[@rawhidelamp]

@@Netanya-q4b and then communism came along...