Pratt & Whitney R-2060 Yellow Jacket

R-2060 Yellow Jacket
Type	Liquid-cooled aircraft engine
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Pratt & Whitney
First run	1932
Status	Cancelled

The Pratt & Whitney R-2060 Yellow Jacket was a liquid-cooled aircraft engine project developed for the United States Army in the early 1930s.^[1] The engine had five banks of four in-line cylinders, and displaced 2,060 cubic inches. Designed to produce 1,000 hp, the engine produced 1,116 hp on its final run after 35 hours of testing. The engine was cancelled in favor of continuing development of Pratt & Whitney's air-cooled R-1830 Twin Wasp radial engine.^[2]

Specifications (R-2060)

See also

Comparable engines

• Pratt & Whitney X-1800/XH-2600

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines

References

Notes

1. Gunston 2006, p. 163.
2. Connors, p. 146.

Bibliography

• Connors, Jack (2010). The Engines of Pratt & Whitney: A Technical History. Reston. Virginia: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. ISBN 978-1-60086-711-8.
• Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X.
• Gunston, Bill (1999). The Development of Piston Aero Engines, 2nd Edition. Sparkford, Somerset, England, UK: Patrick Stephens, Haynes Publishing. ISBN 0-7509-4478-1.

External links

• Photos of the XR-2060 at enginehistory.org