this 18-cylinder radial engine was used on the following airacraft;
Douglas A-26 Invader
Martin B-26 Marauder
Curtiss C-46 Commando
Lockheed C-69 Constellation
Fairchild C-82 Packet Fairchild C-123 Provider
Douglas DC-6/C-118/R6D
Vought F4U Corsair
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Grumman F7F Tigercat
Grumman F8F Bearcat
Sikorsky H-37 Mojave
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet
ConvairLiner/T-29/C-131
Lockheed PV-1 Vent rate comment thanks
The C-69 used Wright R-3350s.
famvburg 8 months ago
@famvburg sorry about that
2008FORDF450V8 8 months ago
A little trivia on the R-2800. There were 125,443 engines built from 1939-1960. They were manufactured by P&W, Ford, Chevrolet and Nash. Ford built more 2800's from 1941-1945 (57,637) than P&W did from 1939-1960 (54,620).
Henry455 9 months ago
@Henry455 thanks for the intel
2008FORDF450V8 8 months ago