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Re: OT, Balboa Park

To: jsk977@optonline.net, pjhorne@mail.utexas.edu, Fergus.OFarrell@ngc.com
Subject: Re: OT, Balboa Park
From: SRAPL311@aol.com
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2005 23:29:57 EDT
The basic engine was the P&W R4360 and had 4 banks of 7 cylinders  arranged 
in a spiral to help cooling. It had 7 dual mags, One mag for each bank.  The US 
Navy tried it in the Corsair but did not get the performance wanted. It  was 
raced in the Cleveland air races in about 1949.
Larry






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