Wright R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone
Wright R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone exact air-cooled 18-cylinder radial piston-engine variant identified by the U.S. Air Force National Museum; this packet asserts propulsion identity only and does not infer a vehicle installation, actor attribution, or adjacent R-3350 variant.
Identity
- Aliases
- R-3350-23Wright R-3350-23R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Wright R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Wright R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone exact air-cooled 18-cylinder radial piston-engine variant identified by the U.S. Air Force National Museum; this packet asserts propulsion identity only and does not infer a vehicle installation, actor attribution, or adjacent R-3350 variant.
- Piston Specs
- Configuration
- air-cooled two-row radial
- Cylinder Count
- 18
- Displacement L
- 54.9
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 03:53:49 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 03:53:49 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- Official U.S. Air Force museum record names the R-3350-23 display variant, identifies its 18-cylinder air-cooled two-row radial architecture, and places the R-3350 in the B-29’s first major military use without asserting this exact variant as a B-29 installation.
- Publisher
- National Museum of the United States Air Force
- Title
- Wright R-3350-23 Duplex-Cyclone
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- Official Air Force historical commentary corroborates the R-3350 production and B-29 program context; it is supporting family history, not a basis for an unmodeled variant or vehicle relationship.
- Publisher
- U.S. Air Force / Kirtland Air Force Base
- Title
- Part 2 - A case study in modernization: Challenge #1 production