Wright Horizontal 4-Cylinder
The horizontal four-cylinder piston engine that powered the 1903 Wright Flyer.
Identity
- Aliases
- 1903 Wright engine
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- model
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Wright Horizontal 4-Cylinder
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- The horizontal four-cylinder piston engine that powered the 1903 Wright Flyer.
- Piston Specs
- Cylinder Count
- 4
- Max Power Kw
- 8.9
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- Creation Time
- July 29, 2026 at 09:27:10 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 29, 2026 at 09:27:10 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Publisher
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
- Title
- 1903 Wright Flyer
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-29
- Note
- Supports the legacy vehicle installation and the narrow canonical identity used for migration.
- Publisher
- Official vehicle or program source
- Title
- Wright Flyer (1903) official vehicle reference