The Hirth HM 508 was an air-cooled, eight-cylinder, 60° cylinder bank angle inverted-V
aircraft engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Aircraft using power components are referred to as powered flight. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbin ...
built in
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
in the 1930s.
It had a bore and stroke of 105 mm × 115 mm (4.1 in × 4.5 in) and developed 210 kW (280 hp) at 3,000 rpm.
Variants
;HM 8U:
;HM 508A:
;HM 508B:
;HM 508C:
;HM 508D: at 3000 rpm
[
;HM 508E:
;HM 508F:
;HM 508G:
;HM 508H: , low fuel consumption variant, with centrifugal supercharger geared at 3.86:1 crankshaft speed for long-range record breaking aircraft.
]
Applications
*Ambrosini S.7
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* Gotha Go 146
*Gotha Go 149
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*Heinkel He 116
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It was designed during the latter half of the 1930s to fulfil a request by the German flag carrier Deutsche Luf ...
* IMAM Ro.63
*Messerschmitt Bf 108
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*Siebel Fh 104
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* Weserflug We 271 Experimental aircraft
Specifications (HM 508D)
See also
References
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20th-century aviation
Aviation history of Germany
1930s aircraft piston engines
1930s German aircraft
Hirth aircraft engines
Inverted aircraft piston engines