Ranger L-440

L-440
	A Ranger 6-440C-5 on display at the Air Zoo museum, Portage, Michigan
Type	Piston aero-engine
Manufacturer	Ranger Aircraft Engine Division
Major applications	Fairchild PT-19/PT-26 ; Grumman Widgeon

The Ranger L-440 (company designation 6-440C) are six-cylinder inline inverted air-cooled aero-engines produced by the Ranger Aircraft Engine Division of the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation of Farmingdale, New York, United States. The engine was mainly produced for Fairchild's family of training aircraft in the mid-1930s.

Variants[]

6-440C-2: 175hp variant with a 6:1 compression ratio.^[1]
6-440C-3: 180hp variant with a 6.2:1 compression ratio.^[1]
6-440C-4: 190hp variant with a 6.8:1 compression ratio.^[1]
6-440C-5: 200hp variant with a 7.5:1 compression ratio.^[1]

Applications[]

Specifications (6-440C-2)[]

A 6-440C cutaway

L-440 on display at Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Type: Six-cylinder inline inverted air-cooled
Bore: 4 1⁄8 in (104.8 mm)
Stroke: 5 1⁄2 in (139.7 mm)
Displacement: 441 in³ (7.2 litres)
Length: 53.156 in (1.351 m)
Width: 21.954 in (0.549 m)
Height: 33.50 in (0.854 m)
Dry weight: 376 lb (170.7 kg)

Components

Valvetrain: Overhead camshaft
Fuel system: Updraft carburetor
Fuel type: 65 octane rating gasoline
Oil system: Full pressure type
Cooling system: air-cooled (pressure type cylinder baffles)

Performance

Power output: 175 hp at 2,450 rpm
Compression ratio: 6:1

References[]

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bridgman 1988

Bibliography

Bridgman, Leonard (1988). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

[janes-1] Bridgman 1988

[1]

v t Ranger/Fairchild aircraft engines
Ranger military designations	L-440 V-770
Ranger civil designations	6-440C SGV770B
Fairchild turbojets	J44 J83

See also: Fairchild aircraft

v t United States military piston aircraft engine designation system
H (four-bank H-configuration inline)	H-1640 XH-2240 XH-2470 XH-2600 XH-3130 XH-3730
IV (inverted-V inline)	IV-1430 IV-2220
L (single-bank inline)	L-365 L-375 L-440 L-825
O (opposed)	O-45 O-145 O-150 O-170 O-175 O-180 O-190 O-200 (C) O-200 (F) O-205 O-235 O-290 O-300 O-335 O-360 (C) O-360 (L) O-405 O-425 O-435 O-470 O-480 O-520 O-540 (F) O-540 (L) O-550 O-580 O-805 O-1230
R (radial)	R-370 (K) R-420 R-440 R-500 R-540 (W) R-540 (K) R-550 R-600 R-670 R-680 R-720 R-755 R-760 R-790 R-830 R-915 R-975 R-985 R-1300 R-1340 R-1510 R-1535 R-1640 R-1670 R-1690 R-1750 R-1820 R-1830 R-1860 R-2000 R-2060 R-2160 R-2180 R-2600 R-2800 R-3350 R-4360 XR-7755
V (upright-V inline)	V-720 V-1150 V-1400 V-1570 V-1650 (P) V-1710 V-1950 V-3420
V (inverted-V inline)	V-770 V-1650 (L)
VG (inverted-V inline)	VG-1410
W (three-bank W-configuration inline)
See also: X-1800 US military gas turbine aeroengines Piston engine configurations