How To Build A 4,300hp Aviation 'Wasp Major' In The 1930s?

Known as one of the largest living piston engines ever in aviation, this 28-cylinder marvel was one of a kind in real working aircraft out there. Pratt & Whitney managed to get things right and achieved noteworthy success with it. Although it came too late to be used in the war, it proved useful even after. However, during development things would not go as easy and engineers had to think outside the box to finish this challenging assignment. - Time stamps - 00:00 Intro 00:39 Purpose 01:31 The early development 02:23 Firing, angles and numbering 03:53 General design and materials 04:39 Challenges during development 05:03 Crankcase design 06:05 Head and valvetrain 06:38 Cooling 07:30 Large engine issues 08:01 Horsepower rating 08:25 Foreign potential rivals 09:07 Largest piston aircraft engine from the USA 09:26 Hughes aircraft 09:46 Final words - Vlog - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-RgHxivhDRREt25nFFXLnQ - Support - https://www.patreon.com/visioracer - Disclaimer - This video is fair use under U.S. copyright law because it is transformative in nature, uses no more of the original than necessary and has no adverse effect on the market for the original work. - Credits - “AVIÃO - Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter” by AVI O - Torre de Controle, vários VÍDEOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CWUaq0kiUA “Pratt & Whitney R 4360 Wasp Major” by Gunnar Hovmark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WKflkzpItM “C- 124 "Globemaster II" closeup” by Big Rig Experience تجربة مسافر https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiKMEooMEco “NASA Super Guppy Take Off” by AIRBOYD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRI5IpdrbH8 “BAHF Boeing C-97 Start Up & Take Off June 4, 2019” by Hagerstown Aviation Museum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEAkMrmvTFI “Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Radial Engine” by SUPERFRAME VFX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qV-SUQKSkU “Hughes' H-4 Hercules Flies! (1947) | 4k Up-scaled” by Alex the Historian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5EgnoKb5Eo “Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp cutaway” by Matthew Knipple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt9cce-gIAo “Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp Cutaway” by Bruce Anderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyPvpdy4dgg “DSC 0054” by Allen Kratz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9atsxkQNRaE “Wasp Major” by benp1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr0AxAPeGiI “Pratt and Whitney 4500 HP Wasp Major Engine” by herbcrosby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blp7ArDxn48 “R-4360” by Mike Nieman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHAWTifNSMA “Pratt & Whitney R-4360” by MarsTSM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW9irTeaAK8 “Super Corsair Race Plane 74 Start Up” by apirnala https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-2CUwVXc68 “A Cutaway Work Of Art” by Transmission Repair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjIGCpMo_yc “R4360 Startup. FIRE!” by sy2207 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-43Cp-JOJIs “Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major and Continental R- 975 restoration” by esoWIND https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDjvJy54-7U “Pratt and Whitney R-4360 Engine” by 844Steamtrain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S89GCsMCGl0 “Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major Cutaway” by Bruce Anderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpmOb46bvCs “Six Turning Four Burning - Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" (HD)” by Petittwo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FJVxtTNjJk “Flying Super Corsair First Time” by F4U-P51 Videos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saBq4omgJCA “Pratt and Whitney R-4360 cutaway” by Mr1971alfa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9G_vkmVIc4 “Pratt & Whitney R-4360 28 Cylinder Radial Aircraft Engine Cutaway” by TheTunerdude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDPU210mH5A “Super Guppy Test Flight & Tour” by Astro95Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDtzhhaXVZo “NASA Super Guppy Lands With Orion Space Vehicle (Nov-2019)” by Gung Ho Vids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdcpjmq6VGU “United Boeing 377 Stratocruiser Hawaii Travelogue - 1950” by Classic Airliners & Vintage Pop Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDgWUf36Buw “First Flight of the second Hughes XF-11 | Boeing Classics” by Boeing Classics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH9_r9EBbyI “C-97 Landing and Taxi at Hagerstown Regional Airport” by John Seburn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XNB0--RJ-Q