In Depth: The Engine
wright power engine history anatomy performance use
The Wright Engines' Legacy
Production of Vertical Four engines ended in 1915. The Wright Company eventually became reorganized as the Wright Aeronautical Company and was one of the most respected producers of aircraft engines in the country. Although engine technology developed far beyond the Wrights' innovations, the precision of their engineering and engine design remains one of their most lasting, if least well known, achievements.
The Wright Story
Where are the Wright engines today?
Resources
Bibliography
Please see our credits page for a list of useful and informative works about the Wrights engines.
Use
completed Wright Model B aircraft Model B reproduction, currently on display at the College Park Aviation Museum, College Park, Maryland.

Vertical Four Serial #20 will fly again. The aircraft pictured above is lacking only one functional component--a working engine. The Wright experience is currently building a new model "B", whose powerplant will be Vertical Four Serial #20. The performance of the engine in the dynomometer tests proves its reliability.

The engine is also serving as a model for new production engines, as well as for the restoration of three other original Vertical Four Engines.

 

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