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11th Feb 2010, 11:59

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stepwilk

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"Maintenance costs on something like a 24 cylinder Wright Turbo Compound..."

The R-3350, which I've flown, had 18 cylinders. There would be no possible way to configure a multi-row (or for that matter single-row) radial with 24 cylinders.

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