Hirth HM 508

The Hirth HM 508 was an air-cooled, eight-cylinder, 60° cylinder bank angle inverted-V aircraft engine built in Germany 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
• Gotha Go 146
• Gotha Go 149
• Heinkel He 116
• IMAM Ro.63
• Messerschmitt Bf 108
• Siebel Fh 104
• Weserflug We 271 Experimental aircraft

Specifications (HM 508D)

See also

References