radial engine
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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
Ryan Brougham�5-seat cabin monoplane; one-piece wing, braced by 2 pairs of tube struts; radial engine at front of a tubular section starting with sloping windshield; fuselage small; rudder roundish; split undercarriage joined to wing struts.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tail propellers were reduced to one, a seven-cylinder Warner radial engine was installed, the body was decently covered, slicked with windshield and windows.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stearman-�3-seat open cockpit biplane; wings unequal; strutted to fuselage; fuselage slim; sharp curves on tail units; radial engine; split axled wheels close to body.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a yellow two-seater with a 450-horsepower radial engine, a low wing, and retractable landing gear.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
