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The three Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major engines mounted on the port side wing of a Convair RB-36 bomber. In its final form, the engine was good for a whopping 4,3000 hp. Not bad giving the engines weight was nearly 4,000 lbs.

As a crewman once wrote, an oil change interval was never really called for. Consumption handled that. Even with each engine having its own 100 gallon oil tank, the massive 4,362.50 c.i.d (71.5 litre) powerplant was insanely oil thirsty. It wasn't uncommon for missions to end because the engines simply ran out of oil.

Description
The three Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major engines mounted on the port side wing of a Convair RB-36 bomber. In its final form, the engine was good for a whopping 4,3000 hp. Not bad giving the engines weight was nearly 4,000 lbs.

As a crewman once wrote, an oil change interval was never really called for. Consumption handled that. Even with each engine having its own 100 gallon oil tank, the massive 4,362.50 c.i.d (71.5 litre) powerplant was insanely oil thirsty. It wasn't uncommon for missions to end because the engines simply ran out of oil.