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The Hiro Type 94 Engine was an eighteen cylinder liquid cooled "W"-type aircraft engine. Two Hiro Type 94 engines of 900hp (462-kW) engines were used to power the Imperial Japanese Navy Hiro G2H land-based bomber in 1933. The Type 94 engine was the eighteen cylinder version of the Type 90/91 twelve cylinder engine. The Hiro engines were based on the Lorraine-Dietrich model 12 engine.

Hiro Type 94 Engine
Type "W"-18 cylinder liquid cooled aircraft engine
National origin Japan
Manufacturer Hiro Naval Arsenal
First run 1933
Developed from Hiro Type 91

Applications

  • Hiro G2H land-based bomber

Specifications (variant)

Data from Mikesh

General characteristics

Components

  • Cooling system: Liquid

Performance

  • Power output: 900-1180 hp


References

  • Mikesh, Robert C. and Abe, Shorzoe. Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London:Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0 85177 840 2