Your opinion about Tractor Pulling using a Curtiss-Wright R3350 3700hp 18 cyl
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Billy Severt- around 7,300 ft/lbs torque at 1600rpm (and that's the specs on a stock R3350)
Jeffrey Tribby- I saw a comment about this engine being used on the DC-8 and the Constellation. Half right. The DC-8 was a 4-engined JET. I believe the writer meant to say DC-7, which was a 4-engined prop plane, the last propellor plane built by Douglas, and, yes, this is the engine it used.
barthoedemaker- @danthemanzizzle their used from industrial machines, like caterpillar
joffeloff- @danthemanzizzle Crower, Eagle, Allied Precision SCS or Profab will sell you the gearbox
Pilatuspcsix- I have a super charger that I was told was from a B-29... you interested?
Peter Czegeny- This engine was never fitted to the DC-8 JETliner.
barthoedemaker- Watch dragon fire tractor, even a bigger radial engine
Billy Severt- radial engines produce the most torque at low rpm than any type of engine...
TerminatorFRA- @damo1128 Maybe, the 1000 hp 8 liter buggati will live a maximum of 5000 hours. And such an engine on a plane can live easily 20000 hours... See the difference of the liters. It's like 900hp 2L of F1 cars, about 1000-2000 kms, they are worn out, good reliability.
jblaker2001- @FiveCentsPlease What about all the test stand engines run at airshows, etc.? Almost all of those owners have no intention of putting those engines to work in the air. So, do you hate them as well?
barthoedemaker- Parts used for tractorpulling aren't suited for aviation use anymore, so don't worry.
jblaker2001- Actually you don't appear to know what your talking about, since you just answered why these engines are being used in tractor pulling. Let's see, unable to be used in it's normal environment and creates large amounts of HP. Sounds like it can have a second life in pulling. But you insist on every single piece must be saved, even if its no longer airworthy or usable, for at least museum duty. That sounds like a very dumb idea.
Dokker62- @AlexCail Not necessary to forgive me anything! Sure, this is an american engine, but there's no tractor in entire USA using a R-3350 or any similar power plant. Boring modified US-Tractor Pulling mainly is just countless V 8s and a few Allisons. Vehicles like this are only to be seen in Europe and they are made first of all at Luxemburg.
Joseph- the engines just so big it makes them look tiny they are probibly 16's
OutsiderZX12R- It was a full pull, by a wide margin.
Jake P- I should also mention for you tractor pull men. That the us army used quite a few radials in tanks and landing craft. The only difference, a heavily beefed up crank. Mostly P&W's, and can still be purchased new as surplus sealed up in a beautiful green pod of cosmoline.
kinktrani- i love the tiny front tyres
SittingMoose Shaman- ... full pull... like very much!
archer49d- Definitely not fitted to DC-8s.
Spam in a can- I couldn't tell...was that a full pull? Awesome sound, would love to see it live.
anguspauline- Brilliant! - Great to see and hear those old radials being worked hard rather than sitting in some static museum display or being muffled by awful propellor noise.
KapteinOpel- Look at the size of that thing, of course it has torque...
Marvosa- nice run
genie187- they already do around 7000-8000hp with a V8, but with the help of nitro!
DragonTamer2345- Is this safe?
marshall mcdowell- who would believe a radial engine would have the torque to move a sled? I really don't know a lot about aviation engines but I figured the were better suited to higher rpms for long periods of time
Ronnie Heit- gordon, I grew up around radialengns+my time in the C.G. & can tell you,with the mags off you CAN use the starter to crank a radial ! Its kinda hard to turn one when the prop is jus a lil, bit outa reach above yer head. Plus at first you have ta geal with a lil, thing called pressure lock due to oil accumulation in the bottom(#1) cyln.. Thats why you crank it first. OH, I was an atamatic NCO when I entered the the C.G. due prior schooling so jus maybe I know what I,m talkin about, ya think ?
taylortownmayor- Nothing like a round engine! I've heard 4 of them loping along on a B-29, nothing like it in the world!
terran698- hmm makes you wonder what that would do with 1 turbo per cylinder XO
rollerbones1- i thought the connie was powered by 4360's not 3350's
choatelodge- Clean running and awsomely strong. A fine example of a round engine.
AirrunCanall- This is a way cooler use.
Jake P- It's probably not from a B-29. Radial engine use internal superchargers. This engine a Wright 3350 uses turbo compounding. Like a turbo through a geared torque converter.
Alex Cail- @FORTY848 this is america? is it?
FiveCentsPlease- @jblaker2001 The test stand engines are usually made from parts that can't be inspected and zero-timed for airworthy use anymore, since you don't appear to know that. The requirements are fairly strict to go flying. But they will survive well in that role as an interesting mechanical and historical display, never run for lengthy time or high rpm or stress. The pullers and boaters put a lot of heat stress and rpm stress on these rare motors until they are ruined beyond use or blown to bits.
Alex Cail- @Dokker62 Maybe you didnt get the context of my comment but i forgive you for that.
Dokker62- @pliskin555 This particular engine was sold years ago by french airforce for a real convenient prize just to clear their storage from old stuff they actually intended to scrap. Why didn´t you make an offer for a dozen R-3350s, or so ?
Dokker62- @AlexCail I now checked some comments your were answering to. This guy doesn't have any idea of tractor pulling. He thinks it's stupid and everybody who likes it also. Due to his preconceptions he links this stuff up to USA and all americans. That's stupid...!
Brian Lillquist- RUN A DIESEL INSTEAD!
mageac- grave digger is a v8....
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Tractor Pulling using a Curtiss-Wright R3350 3700hp 18 cyl