Wright T-3 Tornado

T-3 Tornado

Wright T-3 on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Type	V-12 aircraft piston engine
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Wright Aeronautical
First run	1923

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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)

Data from Gunston.^[2]

General characteristics

Type: V-12 aircraft piston engine
Bore: 5.75 in (146 mm)
Stroke: 6.25 in (159 mm)
Displacement: 1,947 cu in (31.9 L)
Dry weight: 1,000 pounds (450 kg)

Components

Cooling system: Water-cooled

Performance

Power output: 575 hp (429 kW)
Power-to-weight ratio: 0.575 hp/lb (0.95 kW/kg)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wright T-3.

Notes

^ USAF Museum - Wright T-3 factsheet Retrieved: 17 July 2017.
^ ^a ^b Gunston 1989, p. 179.

Bibliography

Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9

Wright and Lawrance aircraft engines

Wright inline engines

E
Gipsy L-320
T-1 Tornado
T-2 Tornado
T-3 Tornado
T-4 Tornado
V-720
IV-1460
IV-1560
V-1950

Lawrance radials

Wright radials

Whirlwind family	J-3 J-4 J-5 J-6-5 J-6-7 J-6-9 R-540 R-760 R-790 R-975 R-1510 R-1670
Cyclone family	Cyclone 7 Cyclone 9 Cyclone Twin Cyclone Duplex-Cyclone Cyclone 22 R-1300 R-1750 R-1820 R-2600 R-3350 R-4090
Others	L-3 Gale R-1200 R-2160 Tornado

Turbojets

Turboprops/turboshafts

Ramjets

RJ47
RJ55

v t e United States military piston aircraft engine designation system
H (four-bank H-configuration inline)	H-1640 XH-2240 XH-2470 XH-2600 XH-3130 XH-3730 H-4070
IV (inverted-V inline)	IV-1430 IV-2040 IV-2220
L (single-bank inline)	L-330 L-365 L-375 L-390 L-410 L-440 L-510 L-825
O (opposed)	O-15 O-40 O-45 O-90 O-100 O-145 O-150 O-170 O-175 O-180 O-190 O-200 (C) O-200 (F) O-205 O-235 O-290 O-300 O-335 O-360 (C) O-360 (L) O-405 O-425 O-435 O-470 O-480 O-520 O-540 (F) O-540 (L) O-550 O-580 O-805 O-1230
R (radial)	R-250 R-265 R-270 R-370 (LB) R-370 (K) R-420 R-440 R-500 R-540 (W) R-540 (K) R-545 R-550 R-600 R-670 R-680 R-720 R-755 R-760 R-790 R-830 R-915 R-975 DR-980 R-985 R-1044 R-1300 R-1340 R-1454 R-1510 R-1535 R-1640 R-1670 R-1690 R-1750 R-1820 R-1830 R-1860 R-2000 R-2060 R-2160 R-2180 R-2600 R-2800 R-3350 R-4090 R-4360 XR-7755
V (upright-V inline)	V-720 V-1150 V-1237 V-1400 V-1440 V-1460 V-1510 V-1560 V-1570 V-1650 (P) V-1710 V-1950 V-3420
V (inverted-V inline)	V-770 V-1650 (L)
VG (inverted-V inline)	VG-1410
W (three-bank W-configuration inline)	W-2779
See also: X-1800 US military gas turbine aeroengines Piston engine configurations