Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Nakajima Hikoki K. K.
- Physical Description
- Type: Reciprocating, 14 cylinders, 2 rows, radial, air cooled
- Power rating: 1,081 kW (1,450 hp) at 2,650 rpm
- Displacement: 37.5 L (2,268 cu in.)
- Bore and Stroke: 146 mm (5.75 in.) x 160 mm (5.3 in.)
- Weight: 722 kg (1,590 lb)
- Summary
- Nakajima provided Japan with its first large radials by building Bristols beginning in the late 1920s. In 1936, Nakajima began building Gnome-Rhone engines under license. Its own World War II designs were apparently not considered very good. The principal feature of the Nakajima Type 2 engine was its compactness. It was slightly smaller in diameter than the equivalent Mitsubishi Kasei Model 10 series, yet it produced about the same power.
- The Nakajima Type 2 engine was used on 617 Nakajima Ki-49-II Donryu (Storm Dragon) (Allied Code Name Helen), Japanese army twin-engine, heavy bombers, originally designed to operate without fighter escort. It was also installed in about 1,100 Nakajima Ki-44-II Shoki (Devil-Queller) (Allied Code Name Tojo), single-engine, army interceptor fighters, designed to defend Japan against bombing attacks in World War II. A total of 3,554 of all Ha 109 series engines were built between 1940 and 1944.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
- Circa World War II
- Inventory Number
- A19670098000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary
- Materials
- Non-Magnetic Metals
- Ferrous Alloy
- Copper Alloys
- Wood
- Paint
- Ceramic
- Fabric
- Adhesive Tape
- Dimensions
- Overall: 4 ft. 1 3/4 in., 1587.3lb. (126.3cm, 720kg)
- Other: 4 ft. 1 3/4 in. × 5 ft. 11/16 in. × 5 ft. 10 in. × 4 ft. 10 in. × 5 ft. (126.3 × 154.1 × 177.8 × 147.3 × 152.4cm)
- Country of Origin
- Japan
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19670098000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9bc250caa-9c09-4138-8c8f-c9bb56da5926
