radial engine
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Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. makes V-type motors for its own planes; Fairchild Aviation Corp. is almost ready to market its Caminez radial engine.
From Time Magazine Archive
The great handicap of the radial engine is that its spreading cylinders create wind resistance and so slow an airplane's speed.
From Time Magazine Archive
While American engine builders have plugged away for years on the development of the air-cooled radial engine, now close to perfection, German designers have worked at the liquid-cooled, in-line power plant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wright engine, the first 14-cylinder, two-row radial engine in commercial use.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is not as interesting as a radial engine.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
