The Hispano-Suiza 12X was an aircraft piston engine designed in France by
Hispano-Suiza
Hispano-Suiza () is a Spanish automotive–engineering company. It was founded in 1904 by Marc Birkigt and Damian Mateu as an automobile manufacturer and eventually had several factories in Spain and France that produced luxury cars, aircraft en ...
during the early 1930s. A 12-cylinder Vee, liquid-cooled design, the 12X was used on several aircraft types, some of them being used in limited numbers during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
. Due to the 12X's limited power output, its derivative the more powerful
Hispano-Suiza 12Y had a longer career.
Variants
Tabulated data from: Lage, 2004
[Lage, 2004, p.486-7]
;Hispano-Suiza 12Xrs
Applications
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Bernard 260
The Bernard 260 C1 was a French all-metal, single-engine, low-wing monoplane with an open cockpit and fixed undercarriage, designed to a government single-seat fighter specification issued in 1930. After extensive comparative tests the Dewoitin ...
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Blériot-SPAD S.510
The Blériot SPAD S.510 was a French single-seat, single-engined biplane fighter aircraft. First flying in 1933, 60 were built for the ''Armée de l'Air'' (French Air Force), entering service in 1936. The type remained in service as a fighter-t ...
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Dewoitine D.500
The Dewoitine D.500 was an all-metal, open- cockpit, fixed- undercarriage monoplane fighter aircraft designed and produced by French aircraft manufacturer Dewoitine.
Developed from a specification issued by the French Air Ministry during 1930 ...
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Hanriot H.110
The Hanriot H.110 was an unusual pusher configuration, twin boom, single seat fighter aircraft built in France in the early 1930s. It proved to be slower and less manoeuvrable than its contemporaries and failed to reach production, even as the Ha ...
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Hawker Spanish Fury
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Hawker Spanish Osprey
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Loire 102
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Loire 130
The Loire 130 was a French flying boat that saw service during World War II. It was designed and built by Loire Aviation of St Nazaire.
Development
The Loire 130 originated from a mid-1930s requirement from the French Navy for a reconnaissance s ...
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Loire-Nieuport LN.40
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Lioré et Olivier H-246
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Mitsubishi A5M3a
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Morane-Saulnier M.S. 227
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Nakajima Ki-12
The was a private development Nakajima Aircraft Company after its failure to meet the 1935 requirement issued by the Japanese government for a modern single-seat monoplane fighter with the Ki-11 design.
Design & Development
Design work on the ...
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Potez 540
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Potez 650
Specifications (12Xcrs)
See also
References
* Danel, Raymond and Cuny, Jean. ''L'aviation française de bombardement et de renseignement 1918-1940'' Docavia n°12, Editions Larivière
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