Pratt & Whitney R-4360-41 Wasp Major
Pratt & Whitney R-4360-41 Wasp Major exact four-row radial piston-engine variant identified in an official U.S. Air Force museum record for the Convair XC-99; this packet asserts propulsion identity only and does not infer a vehicle installation, actor attribution, or adjacent R-4360 variant.
Identity
- Aliases
- R-4360-41Pratt & Whitney R-4360-41R4360-41 Wasp Major
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- variant
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Pratt & Whitney R-4360-41 Wasp Major
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Pratt & Whitney R-4360-41 Wasp Major exact four-row radial piston-engine variant identified in an official U.S. Air Force museum record for the Convair XC-99; this packet asserts propulsion identity only and does not infer a vehicle installation, actor attribution, or adjacent R-4360 variant.
- Piston Specs
- Configuration
- air-cooled four-row radial
- Cylinder Count
- 28
- Displacement L
- 71.45
- Max Power Kw
- 2,610
Links
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- Creation Time
- August 7, 2026 at 03:58:40 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 7, 2026 at 03:58:40 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- Official museum record explicitly identifies six 3,500 hp Pratt & Whitney R-4360-41 pusher engines on the XC-99; this packet uses the exact engine identity without writing that relationship.
- Publisher
- National Museum of the United States Air Force
- Title
- Convair XC-99 Model
- Accessed Date
- 2026-08-06
- Note
- Official museum engine record corroborates the R-4360's 28-cylinder, air-cooled radial architecture and Wasp Major family boundary; unsupported suffixes remain unmodeled.
- Publisher
- National Museum of the United States Air Force
- Title
- Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major