R4360 - Run with the Club

R4360 is run using test club. This is the culmination of the restoration project started in 2007 to bring this early R4360 back to life. It had been in the can for over 60 years with nothing more than a long block present. Steve Phillips, curator of the Penngrove Power & Implement Museum worked out how to make this run, and a group effort raised funds and brought together the missing parts.

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Science & Technology

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• R4360
• Pratt
• Whitney
• Wasp
• Major
• Penngrove
• Power
• Implement
• Museum
• aviation
• space
• mechanics

[wyldrydes]

@Polybun Clean it up! You're not a 5 yr old- oops that insults 5 yr olds.

[bluehazer]

If this is the same engine I'm thinking of, it had to be geared down a huge amount to turn the blades on the B-36 without the blades cavitating. Lovely effort!

[ibbiggs]

@Polybun I guess you're right about being a professional movie maker with your flat land video you have, so I guess you're pretty much the go to guy on quality. You're a putz.

[ibbiggs]

@Polybun where's your god damn R4360?

[Mackiebrat]

In early 1942 ,My Dad worked at PW and saw one of these 4360 installed on a P47 w Hamilton /counter/rotating prop. He said "In a demo run it went 100 ft down the runway and straight up in the air clean out of sight in very little time.They had NEVER seen a prop plane ever do that before.,ever !

[Polybun]

no tripod, piss poor camera, horrible audio, one fucking star.

[bdrws6]

Great to see the old engine running. Great job, thanks for keeping the R4360 around. I had only seen cutaways of this monster prior to seeing all the videos you have up. It sounds great, but thats a radial for you!

[mancub61081]

gorgeous

[chuck500cc]

Work of art. It is a wonder that they even ran. Everything had to go perfect, every time. A&P's on these engines were true artist.

[MONZAAUT]

Wonderfull sound!!!