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radial engine

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radial engine

Type of internal-combustion engine used mainly in small airplanes, in which the cylinders (ranging from five to as many as 28, depending on engine size) are mounted in a circle around the crankshaft, sometimes in banks of two or more. Once the dominant piston-engine type, radials are now in only limited production; most new requirements are met by remanufacturing existing stock.



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But stand next to a screaming-yellow North American SNJ-5 trainer as it fires up - air-cooled radial engine roaring through open exhausts, oil dripping, massive propeller slicing the air - and it is more than a museum piece.
Radial engines would be the norm in naval aircraft for years to come.
With an MP 14, 9-cylinder radial engine, boasting an intricate propeller unlike any other in the world, the boat spits out 365 hp and hovers just over water, marshland, ice or snow at a top speed of 80 mph.
 
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