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Old 22nd Mar 2010, 23:06
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Most people will say the 2800 was the most reliable. We had a 2400 hour TBO and we could get two 100 hour extensions. I think maint pulled the screens, checked compression and did a valve lash check for each extension. Had many pulled at 2600 still going strong.

The 3350 and 4360 just had too much going on. There were plans to make a turbo-compound 4360 pushing 5000 hp.

The 1830 does OK, I never had much luck with 1820s. Figure each cylinder on a 1820 does the work of a C-150's engine and is bigger.

They took a lot of work to operate but that's all we knew. Then I met a RR Dart.
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