Inverted Aircraft Piston Engines: Aichi Atsuta, Alfa Romeo 115, Argus as 10, Argus as 410, Argus as 411, Argus as 8, Avia M332, Avia M 337, Blackburn

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Aichi Atsuta, Alfa Romeo 115, Argus As 10, Argus As 410, Argus As 411, Argus As 8, Avia M332, Avia M 337, Blackburn Cirrus Bombardier, Blackburn Cirrus Major, Blackburn Cirrus Midget, Blackburn Cirrus Minor, Cirrus Aero-Engines, Continental XI-1430, Daimler-Benz DB 600, Daimler-Benz DB 600 series, Daimler-Benz DB 601, Daimler-Benz DB 603, Daimler-Benz DB 605, De Havilland Gipsy Major, De Havilland Gipsy Minor, De Havilland Gipsy Queen, De Havilland Gipsy Six, De Havilland Gipsy Twelve, Elizalde Tigre IV, ERCO I-L 116, Hirth HM 504, Hirth HM 506, Hitachi Hatsukaze, Isotta Fraschini Delta, Junkers Jumo 210, Junkers Jumo 211, Junkers Jumo 213, Kawasaki Ha-40, Menasco Buccaneer, Menasco Pirate, Menasco Unitwin 2-544, Napier Javelin, Ranger L-440, Ranger V-770, Walter Mikron, Walter Minor. Excerpt: The Aichi Kokuki KK AE1A Atsuta (Japanese: or ) was a Japanese licensed version of the German Daimler-Benz DB 601A 12-cylinder liquid-cooled inverted-vee aircraft engine. The Atsuta powered only two models of Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service (IJNAS) aircraft aircraft in World War II. The Imperial Japanese Army Air Service (IJAAS) used the same engine (manufactured by Kawasaki as the Ha-40) to power its Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien (Allied reporting name "Tony") fighter. The IJNAS's Atsuta and its IJAAS cousin, the Ha-40 were based on the engine that powered Germany's Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter. Daimler-Benz granted Aichi Kokuki KK, a part of the Aichi Clock and Electric Co. (Aichi Tokei Denki KK), a license to manufacture the DB 600A through D models in November, 1936. At that time the Aichi Aircraft Company was building only the Nakajima Kotobuki 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine at its Atsuta Engine Plant, located in south central Nagoya. It was necessary to re-tool the factory for the production of the new Daimler-Benz engine. Two DB-600 series engines were imported that year and three the next, all to be used as production patterns. It was the Imperial Japanese Navy's common practice to use a coded designation while an engine was in experimental or pre-production status. This engine was coded "AE1A," which decodes as: A=Aichi Tokei Denki KK, E=Liquid-cooled, 1=Aichi's first liquid-cooled engine model, and A=first version of that engine model. It was the Imperial Japanese Navy's common practice to refer to its engines by name, while the Imperial Japanese Army referred to its engines by their engine (Japanese: Hatsudoki abbreviated Ha) model number. Ha numbers were assigned in sequence as the engine design was accepted. The Japanese method of identifying model numbers of aircraft engines is unique in that the model number always has two digits and may be followed by one or more letters. The first digit represents the major version of the engine and the second num