Hirth HM 512

HM 512
Type Air-cooled inverted V-12 piston engine
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Hirth-Motoren G.m.b.H, Stuttgart
Designed by Hellmuth Hirth
Number built small numbers[1]
Developed from Hirth HM 506

The Hirth HM 512 was a 12-cylinder development of the earlier, 6-cylinder HM 506, produced in the late 1930s. Both were supercharged, inverted V, air-cooled engines.

Design and development

The HM 512 shared the same bore and stroke (105 mm × 115 mm) and 6:1 compression ratio with the rest of the HM500 series air-cooled engines. Other shared features were Hirth's use of roller bearings in the crankshaft and at both ends of connecting rods. The crankshaft was of typical Hirth multipart design, the 12-cylinders requiring 7 roller bearings. Like the HM 508, the drive was geared down by 1:1.5.[2]

Variants

HM 512A
Initial version; take off power 400 hp (300 kW), continuous 360 hp (270 kW)
HM 512B
Take off power 450 hp (335 kW), continuous 360 hp (270 kW)[2]

Applications

Specifications (HM 512A-0)

Data from Grey 1972, p. 61

General characteristics

Components

Performance


References

Notes

  1. ↑ Gunston 1989, pp. 76–7
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Grey 1972, p. 61

Bibliography

  • Grey, C.G. (1972). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938. London: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-5734-4.
  • Gunston, Bill (1989). World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines (2 ed.). Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-163-9.