Wright R-1300
Wright Aeronautical's R-1300 Cyclone 7 family of air-cooled, supercharged seven-cylinder radial piston engines; exact dash variants remain separate future work.
Identity
- Aliases
- Wright Cyclone 7R-1300
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- piston-engine
- Name
- Wright R-1300
- Status
- historical
Details
- Description
- Wright Aeronautical's R-1300 Cyclone 7 family of air-cooled, supercharged seven-cylinder radial piston engines; exact dash variants remain separate future work.
- Piston Specs
- Configuration
- air-cooled supercharged radial
- Cylinder Count
- 7
- Displacement L
- 21.33
- Max Power Kw
- 596.56
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- Creation Time
- August 6, 2026 at 17:09:12 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 6, 2026 at 17:09:12 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Note
- Archival Wright specification record establishing the R-1300-1 identity and historical technical boundary.
- Publisher
- Smithsonian Institution
- Title
- Wright Aeronautical Corporation Engine Specification No. 853-C, Wright Cyclone Engine Model R-1300-1
- Note
- Official USAF source records the Wright R-1300-1 as an 800-horsepower radial engine; used only for engine identity/specification evidence, not a vehicle relationship in this packet.
- Publisher
- Vance Air Force Base, U.S. Air Force
- Title
- Unreliable engine made the T-28 Trojan the least used trainer at Vance
- Note
- FAA certification reference for the type-certificate context of historical aircraft engines; no variant-level inference is made here.
- Publisher
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Title
- Design Approvals