I'm an Agcat mechanic out here in CA, and our outfit has a dozen Cats of various types. We have two KingCats, C models that use the 1200hp Wright 1820. The rest are A, B and C models with P&W 1340s or PT6-20 or -34 turbines. We only break out the Kings for Rice planting season, when its massive capacity gets fully used. It's an oily sumbich. I imagine that when DC3s used Wright engines, airline passengers must have just got used to stepping in oil puddles.

Hag