{"id":13549,"date":"2024-12-18T15:55:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T15:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/?p=13549"},"modified":"2025-01-23T17:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:20:34","slug":"powering-masters-of-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/powering-masters-of-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"Powering Masters of the Air"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13549\" class=\"elementor elementor-13549\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f11c05 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f11c05\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6582105 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6582105\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Powering Masters of the Air: Studebaker &amp; the B17 Flying Fortress<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d7ea32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d7ea32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each B17 Flying Fortress was powered by four Wright-Cyclone R1820 radial engines.<\/p><p>Studebaker built over 60,000 R1820 engines at the new Chippewa Avenue plant in South Bend supplemented by additional factories in Fort Wayne and Chicago. While the basic engine assembly processes was similar to those for automobile engines, the R1820 was far more complex and required the utmost in precision and exacting tolerances. Each R1820 had over 8,000 individual parts, compared to a couple hundred for a contemporary Studebaker passenger car engine.<\/p><p>Upon completion, each engine was installed in a large two-story concrete test cell where it underwent a \u201cgreen test.\u201d This involved running the engine for four hours over a normal range of speeds and loads, including 5-minute full-throttle runs to simulate take-off or top speed. It was then completely torn down and inspected before being certified for final assembly and a final test run.<\/p><p>After final assembly, engines were shipped to Studebaker\u2019s Pacific Plant in Vernon, California for distribution to B17 production facilities Boeing, Douglas, and Lockheed subsidiary Vega.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>This information comes from our former exhibition\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/exhibition\/powering-masters-of-the-air-studebaker-the-b17-flying-fortress\/\">Powering Masters of the Air<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ccc1c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9ccc1c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/B17_Image-1-B17-in-flight-1024x783.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13551\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/B17_Image-1-B17-in-flight-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/B17_Image-1-B17-in-flight-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/B17_Image-1-B17-in-flight-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studebakermuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/B17_Image-1-B17-in-flight.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powering Masters of the Air: Studebaker &amp; the B17 Flying Fortress Each B17 Flying Fortress was powered by four Wright-Cyclone R1820 radial engines. 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