High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The X-24 is one of the few configurations of X-type engines known to have been produced. The design consists of a pairing of V-12s joined to a common crankshafts, which is lighter than the similar W-block or H-block designs, which require two crankshafts. However, none of the existing X-24 engines were particularly successful; few saw service, and their production lifetimes were very limited. Postwar developments of the turbojet and turbofan engines apparently obviated the need for large aircraft engines of this type.

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