Hirth_HM60R

Hirth HM 60

Hirth HM 60

1920s German aircraft engine

The Hirth HM 60 was a four-cylinder inverted air-cooled inline aircraft engine designed in 1923 and first sold in 1924. The engine was of very high quality, and its sales success contributed to Hirth's rapid pre-war expansion. It was a popular engine for light aircraft delivering 80 hp (60 kW) at 2,300 rpm. Later Hirth engines built upon the HM 60's success and provided greater power with many of the same design features.[1]

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Variants

HM60
HM60R
HM60R-2

Applications

Specifications (HM 60R)

Data from Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[2]

General characteristics

  • Type: 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line aircraft piston engine
  • Bore: 102 mm (4.02 in)
  • Stroke: 110 mm (4.33 in)
  • Displacement: 3.596 L (219.4 cu in)
  • Length: 840 millimetres (33.1 in)
  • Width: 390 mm (15.4 in)
  • Height: 722 mm (28.4 in)
  • Dry weight: 91 kg (201 lb) dry, unequipped
97 kg (214 lb) wet, equipped

Components

  • Valvetrain: 1x intake and 1x exhaust under-head valves per cylinder actuated pushrods and rockers
  • Fuel system: SUM IFH 36 Nr.552 carburetor
  • Fuel type: 74 octane gasoline
  • Oil system: Dry sump with one pressure and two scavenge pumps
  • Cooling system: air-cooled

Performance

  • Power output:
  • 80 PS (79 hp; 59 kW) at 2,400 rpm (5 minutes) at sea level
  • 72 PS (71 hp; 53 kW) at 2,320 rpm (max. continuous) at sea level
  • 66 PS (65 hp; 49 kW) at 2,240 rpm (cruise) at sea level

See also

Comparable engines

Related lists

References

  1. [1]
    Gunston, Bill (1989). World Encyclopaedia of Aero Engines (2nd ed.). Cambridge, England: Patrick Stephens Limited. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-85260-163-8.
  2. [2]
    Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 392. ISBN 381120484X.
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