Wright Cyclone series

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title: "Wright Cyclone series" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["aircraft-air-cooled-radial-piston-engines", "1920s-aircraft-piston-engines", "wright-aircraft-engines"] description: "Radial piston plane engine series" topic_path: "general/aircraft-air-cooled-radial-piston-engines" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_Cyclone_series" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radial piston plane engine series ::

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Field	Value
name	Wright Cyclone series
image	{{multiple image
image1	Wright R-1300 Cyclone 7.jpg
image2	Duxford Military Vehicles Day and MAFVA Nationals 2012. (7425604194).jpg
image3	Wright R-2600 1.jpg
image4	Wright 3350-23 Duplex Cyclone, National Museum of the US Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, USA. (44831148351).jpg
caption	R-1300, R-1820, R-2600 and R-3350
engine_type	Radial engine series
manufacturer	Wright Aeronautical
national_origin	United States
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Background

The Wright Aeronautical Corporation was formed in 1919, initially to develop liquid-cooled Hispano-Suiza V8 engines under license. In 1923 the Wright purchased the Lawrance Aero Engine Company, and with the purchase Charles Lawrance came to Wright as the Vice-President. Later that year the US Navy awarded Wright a contract to develop two new air-cooled radial engines. The first, called the P-1, was a 9-cylinder single row design of 1652 cuin displacement that was derived from an earlier Lawrence design, it produced 400 hp. The second, the P-2, had the same 1652 cuin displacement as the P-1, but was an improved design that produced 435 hp. Neither engine entered production, with the Navy selecting the superior Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp, so in 1926 work started on the improved 1750 cuin design, which became the R-1750 Cyclone.

Cyclone family

R-1300 Cyclone 7 (1942)

• 7-cylinder single row air cooled radial
• Bore x stroke: 6+1/8 x
• Displacement: 1301 cuin
• Power output: 800 hp

R-1750 Cyclone (1926)

• 9-cylinder single row air cooled radial
• Bore x stroke: 6 x
• Displacement: 1750 cuin
• Power output: 500 -

R-1820 Cyclone (1932)

• 9-cylinder single row air cooled radial
• Bore x stroke: 6+1/8 x
• Displacement: 1823 cuin
• Power output: 575 -

R-2600 Cyclone 14 (Twin Cyclone) (1935)

• 14-cylinder two row air cooled radial
• Bore x stroke: 6+1/8 x
• Displacement: 2603 cuin
• Power output: 1400 -

R-3350 Cyclone 18 (Duplex Cyclone) (1937)

• 18-cylinder two row air cooled radial
• Bore x stroke: 6+1/8 x
• Displacement: 3347 cuin
• Power output: 1800 -

R-4090 Cyclone 22

• 22-cylinder two row air cooled radial
• Bore x stroke: 6+1/8 x
• Displacement: 4090 cuin

Note: the designations refer to the engine configurations as follows: "R" = Radial, followed by the approximate displacement in cubic inches.

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