This is a Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, the final boss of piston aviation on a test bench.
A 28-cylinder, four-row radial engine producing up to 4,300 horsepower from 71.5 litres of displacement.
Before CAD. Before CFD. Before modern simulation. Designed and built entirely by hand almost 75 years ago.
Engineers designed this mechanical monster using slide rules, hand-drawn blueprints, physical prototypes, and thousands of hours of real-world testing.
The challenge was not only creating power, it was making a 4-row radial engine survive the impossible, air cooling 28 cylinders packed around a single crankshaft while delivering thousands of horsepower reliably.
At takeoff, one R-4360 consumed roughly 25-26 litres of fuel every minute.
Each engine cost around $35,000-50,000 in 1942 dollars, equivalent to hundreds of thousands today.
This engine powered some of the largest aircraft of its era, but arrived just as the jet age began and hence never saw mass adoption.
The R-4360 was not outdated because it failed in any respect.
It was outdated because engineers had reached the absolute limit of what piston technology could become and this was possibly the most advanced iteration of piston technology.
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Link in the followup post.
🔥A Resident Evil 3 Remake mod bringing back the original game is gaining attention — here’s what we learned.
Resident Evil 3: Last Escape isn’t just another gameplay or difficulty mod. Its creator aims to transform Resident Evil 3 Remake into a much more faithful recreation of the original game.
👀The story behind the project is just as interesting. The creator isn’t a game developer, he’s a professional chef. Like many Resident Evil fans, he was disappointed by the remake’s short length and how much content from the 1999 original was left out. That disappointment inspired him to begin learning how to mod the game.
He spent nearly a year and a half studying tutorials, documentation, and forum guides before finally starting work on the project. He understood that another Resident Evil 3 Remake was unlikely to happen within his lifetime, so instead of waiting for something that would probably never come, he decided to build his own vision.
❗️What makes Resident Evil 3: Last Escape stand out is the sheer scale of the project.
The mod is expected to expand Resident Evil 3 Remake by more than 60%, largely through new playable locations. During development, the creator learned how to import virtually any location from any RE Engine game and make it fully functional with lighting, collision, doors, locks, items, resources, puzzles, enemies, and music. The project will also introduce new Nemesis encounters and boss fights, redesigned item placement and progression, brand-new puzzles and gameplay mechanics, and a reworked crafting system featuring multiple new gunpowder types. Everything has already been successfully implemented and confirmed to work reliably.
🧐He also learned how to create completely original locations that don’t exist in any RE Engine title. This will allow him to recreate several streets from the original Resident Evil 3 by transforming its classic pre-rendered backgrounds into fully explorable 3D environments. Everything described above has already been tested and confirmed to work.
The long-term goal is to restore much of the original game's storyline through new cutscenes recreating events from Resident Evil 3 (1999). Confirmed additions include the fully playable Uptown, Clock Tower, Park, Cemetery, Dead Factory, and R.P.D., along with a working Ink Ribbon save system and other content cut from the remake.
👍One detail many fans will appreciate is that Resident Evil 3: Last Escape is planned to be released completely free of charge.
The growing interest in the project once again shows how many fans remain dissatisfied with Resident Evil 3 Remake. Each new YouTube update draws thousands of views, while the comments are filled with fans supporting the creator and praising the project's vision.
❤️For many fans, it remains their favorite game in the series, and they continue to hope that one day it will receive the faithful, ambitious remake they believe it deserves. If Resident Evil 3 Remake were ever given a more faithful and ambitious reimagining on the level of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4, many players would likely be happy to buy it again.
The next major development update is expected in about a week, with a new YouTube video showcasing the project's latest progress.
Ray-Tracing had ruined and held back gaming for the last 8 years. Since then, the meager visual improvements have been met with the astronomical performance and costly hardware requirements. Tanking FPS and making games crawl.
Physics were the future, and everyone dropped it for shiny puddles and lights that looks pretty much the same.
Groovy! In the original Lollipop Chainsaw, you could unlock an Ash Williams skin for Juliet via GameStop pre-order!
She rocks the blue shirt, chainsaw vibes & all. Too bad it's NOT in RePOP... yet?