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Ranger Engines

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Fairchild L-440 air-cooled, six-cylinder, inverted, in-line engine used in Fairchild PT-19
A preserved Ranger V-770

The Ranger Engines Division (also Ranger Aircraft Engine Division) of the Fairchild Engine & Aircraft Corporation was an American aircraft engine company. It was known as the Fairchild Engine Division after World War II.

Products

  • Fairchild-Caminez Model 447 (4 cylinder X-style engine)(5.625 x 4.5 = 447.3ci)
  • Fairchild 6-370A (3.9375 x 5.125 = 374.4ci)
  • Ranger 6-390B (L-390) (4 x 5.125 = 386.4ci)
  • Ranger 6-410B (L-410) (4.125 x 5.125 = 410.9ci)
  • Ranger L-440 (6-440C), 1930s six-cylinder inline inverted air-cooled engine
  • Ranger V-770 (SGV770B), 1931 air-cooled inverted V-12 engine
  • XV-920 (4.375 x 5.125 = 924.5ci) enlarged V-770
  • XH-1850 (4.375 x 5.125 = 1849.1) 24 cylinder, from V-920
  • Fairchild J44, 1948 small turbojet
  • Fairchild J83, 1950s cruiser missile turbojet

Missiles

  • AUM-N-2 Petrel

See also

References

  • Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. p. 132. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X.
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