Allison V-3420

The U.S. aircraft engine Allison V- 3420 was a piston engine with 24 cylinders.

History

The United States Army Air Corps commissioned in 1937, the Allison Engine Company with the development of large-volume and high-performance aircraft engine. Since the measures provided for this engine aircraft were not built in large numbers, created between 1941 and 1945 only about 150 engines.

Construction

The V- 3420 basically consisted of two 12 -cylinder Allison V -1710, whose crankshaft coupled in a common crankcase ran.

Specifications

Use

  • Boeing XB -39 Superfortress
  • Douglas XB -19
  • Fisher P -75A Eagle
  • Lockheed XP -58 Chain Lightning
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