radial engine
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Its big radial engine is cowled to cut its head resistance to the irreducible minimum.
From Time Magazine Archive
While American engine builders have plugged away for years on the development of the air-cooled radial engine, now close to perfection, German designers have worked at the liquid-cooled, in-line power plant.
From Time Magazine Archive
Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. makes V-type motors for its own planes; Fairchild Aviation Corp. is almost ready to market its Caminez radial engine.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
