Wright T-3 Tornado
V-12 piston aircraft engine
The Wright T-3 Tornado, also given the USAF designation Wright V-1950 was an American liquid-cooled aircraft piston engine, designed in the early 1920s.
Development
The T-3 was the third in the line of 'T' (Tornado) series engines developed by Wright Aeronautical on the lines of the Wright-Hisso engines produced during the First World War using monobloc cylinder blocks and gear driven overhead camshafts. The T-1 of 1921 had a power output of 500 hp (370 kW), and went into production as the T-2 in 1922 with an increase in power to 525 hp (391 kW). The T-3 and T-3A appeared from 1923 producing 575 hp (429 kW) with the final development, the T-4, producing 675 hp (503 kW) by December of that year. Wright attempted to build a racing version of the T rated at 700 hp (520 kW) to rival the Curtiss D-12, but this was not pursued.
Applications
Curtiss CS
Naval Aircraft Factory PN-7 (T-2)
Martin SC
Martin T2M
Martin T3M
Wright F2W
Dayton-Wright XO-3
Specifications (T-3)
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