The Hispano-Suiza 8 was a

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introduced 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 ...

in 1914, and was the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the

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during the First World War. The original Hispano-Suiza 8A was rated at and the later, larger displacement Hispano-Suiza 8F reached . Hispano-Suiza 8 engines and variants produced by Hispano-Suiza and other companies under licence were built in twenty-one factories in Spain, France, Britain, Italy, and the U.S. Derivatives of the engine were also used abroad to power numerous aircraft types and the engine can be considered as the ancestor of another successful engine by the same designer, the

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(and Soviet

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V12 derivative aero-engines) which was in service during the Second World War.

Design and development

Origins

At the beginning of World War I, the production lines of the

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based

automobile and engine company were switched to the production of war materiel. Chief engineer

Marc Birkigt Marc Birkigt (8 March 1878, Geneva – 15 March 1953, Versoix) was a Swiss engineer, automotive and aviation pioneer, and co-founder of Hispano-Suiza in 1904. He lived in Barcelona, Spain when he was hired by Emilio de la Cuadra in 1898 to wor ...

led work on an aircraft engine based on his successful V8 automobile engine. The resulting engine, called the Hispano-Suiza 8A (HS-31), made its first appearance in February 1915. The first 8A kept the standard configuration of Birkigt's existing design: eight cylinders in 90° Vee configuration, a displacement of 11.76 litres (717.8 cu in) and a power output of 140 hp at 1,900 rpm. In spite of the similarities with the original design, the engine had been substantially refined. The crankshaft was machined from a solid piece of steel. The cylinder blocks were cast aluminium and of monobloc type that is, in one piece with the

cylinder heads. The inlet and exhaust ports were cast into the blocks, the valve seats were in the top face of the steel cylinder liners, which were screwed into the blocks. Using a rotating

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-driven tower shaft coming up from the crankcase along the rear end of each cylinder bank, with the final drive for each cylinder bank's camshaft accommodated within a semicircular bulge at the rear end of each valve cover. Aluminium parts were coated in vitreous enamel to reduce leakage. All parts subject to wear, and those critical for engine ignition were duplicated:

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s for

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reliability, valve springs,

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s, etc. Engine reliability and

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s were major problems in early aviation. The engine and its accessories weighed , making it 40% lighter than a

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of equivalent power. This empty weight does not include the radiator and coolant fluid. Generally, air-cooled engines are lighter than their equivalent horsepower water-cooled counterparts. For example, the

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rotary put out and weighed ,

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rotary , . The new engine was presented to the French Ministry of War in February 1915, and tested for 15 hours at full power. This was standard procedure for a new engine design to be admitted into military service. However, because of lobbying by French engine manufacturers, the Spanish-made engine was ordered to undergo a bench test that no French-made engine had yet passed: a 50-hour run at full speed. The HS-31 was therefore sent back to

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on July 21, 1915, and tested for 50 hours, succeeding against all expectations. The design also promised far more development-potential than rotary engines. This was despite being the most common type, then in use, for most aircraft. Also, rotary engines were getting close to the limits of their development at this time. Rotary engines of increased power generally had increased weight, which in turn increased the already serious gyroscopic torque generated by the engine's rotation. A further increase in torque was considered unacceptable, and the power to weight ratio of the new rotary engines under development did not appeal to aircraft designers. French officials ordered production of the 8A to be started as soon as possible and issued a requirement for a new single-seat high-performance fighter aircraft using the new engine. The

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-designed

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was the result of this requirement and allowed the Allies to regain

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over the Germans.

Variants

''Some data from:'' British Piston Engines and their Aircraft ''Note:'' Hispano-Suiza company type numbers were prefixed by ''HS-'' or written in full as Hispano-Suiza Type 31, but military designations used the conventional system of Hispano-Suiza(engine manufacturer) 8(no of cylinders) A(engine series) b(variant) r(attribute), thus Hispano-Suiza 8Abr. ;8 (HS-31): , initial production and test engines, with few applications, including early

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s. ;8Aa (HS-31) : at 2000 rpm, entered production in July 1915. Early HS-8A engines were plagued with various problems which required further work and was the standard powerplant for early-production SPAD VIIs and the Curtiss "Jenny" JN-4H variants. The demand for the Hispano-Suiza engine was such that other manufacturers began producing it under licence, in France, Great Britain (

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), Italy (Nagliati in Florence and

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in Turin) and Russia. Total production of the HS-8Aa amounted to some 6,000 engines. ;8Ab (HS-34) : at 2,100 rpm, increasing the

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from 4.7 to 5.3, Birkigt was able to increase the power output . The 8Ab began replacing the 8Aa on SPAD VIIs in early 1917. ;8Ac : ;8Ad :(1929) bore x stroke, for take-off. Hispano-Suiza 8BE

;8B (HS-35) : , compression ratio 5.3:1, geared at 0.75:1. The HS-36 was the 8B with a Lewis gun firing through the propeller boss. ;8B twin (HS-39):Coupled 8B engines ;8Ba : at 2,300 rpm, low compression ratio of 4.7:1, spur geared at 0.585:1. ;8Bb : , compression ratio of 4.8:1, reduction gear 0.75:1. However the reduction gear system was fragile, and often broke down, sometimes with spectacular results ending up with the entire propeller,

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and driven gear parting company from the airframe. Progressive refinement of the engine brought the available power to by the end of 1917. The 8B, 8Ba and 8Bb were used (a) to power the earliest versions of the S.E.5a, (b) along with the 8Bd, the

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, (c) front-line active versions of the

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, and (d) several other Allied aircraft types, with its gear reduction easily identifiable in vintage World War I photos, from its use of a clockwise (viewed from in front, otherwise known as a left hand tractor) rotation propeller. ;8Bc: , compression ratio of 5.3:1, reduction gear 0.75:1. ;8Bd: , compression ratio of 5.3:1, reduction gear 0.75:1. ::8Bda ;8Be: , compression ratio of 5.3:1, reduction gear 0.75:1. ;8BeC (HS-38): The 8Be fitted with the

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, or a similar weapon, firing through the propeller boss. A reduction gear equipped power-plant with a resultant clockwise rotation propeller like the 8B, produced at 2,100 rpm. Two known weapons fitted were the SAMC with a rifled barrel and a smooth-bore cannon firing canister ammunition. The moteur-canon could fire a single shot at a time through the hollow drive shaft without propeller interference. This cannon mount required an "elevated"

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design, bringing the intake "runners" straight off the inner surfaces of the cylinder banks to the

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. The engine was used on the

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. ;8Ca/220: Cannon-equipped at 2,100 rpm with 5.3:1 compression. Given the company designation HS Type 38 ;8Cb/180: Cannon-equipped at 2,000 rpm with 4.7:1 compression. Given the company designation HS Type 44 ;8Cc/220: Cannon-equipped at 2,100 rpm with 5.3:1 compression. Given the company designation HS Type 44 Hispano Suiza 8Ca

;Hispano-Suiza Type 40: (8E ?) ;Hispano-Suiza Type 41: (8A ?) ;8F (HS-42) : at 2,100 rpm (eq. 750 lb·ft torque). The direct drive 8F was basically a bored out version of the 8B, intended for use in bombers, with a displacement of . Despite the increased weight of , the 8F was also installed in fighters such as the

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and

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, and would have powered the never-produced Mk.II version of the

. Engine speed being lower than that of the HS-8B, the reduction gear was deleted, thereby increasing engine reliability. ;8Fa :generally similar to the 8F. ;8Fb : , aka HS Type 42, compression ratio of 5.3:1, direct drive. ;8Fd Special :For the CAMS 38

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racer developing ;8Fe (HS-42VS) :(1926) bore x stroke, for take-off. ;

Wolseley W.4A Python I The Wolseley Viper is a British-built, high-compression derivative of the Hispano Suiza HS-8 liquid-cooled V-8 engine, built under licence by Wolseley Motors during World War I. It powered later models of the S.E.5a, SPAD VII and other Brit ...

: , compression ratio of 4.7:1. License production of the 8Aa at Wolseley Motors Ltd. ; Wolseley W.4A Python II :, compression ratio of 5.3 :1. ;

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:, compression ratio of 5.3 :1. Wolseley's engineers removed problems with the crankshaft and increased the compression ratio to give more power, with some early engines having a compression ratio of 5.6:1. ; Wolseley W.4A Viper II : at 2,000 rpm. ;

Wolseley W.4B Adder I The Wolseley Viper is a British-built, high-compression derivative of the Hispano Suiza HS-8 liquid-cooled V-8 engine, built under licence by Wolseley Motors during World War I. It powered later models of the S.E.5a, SPAD VII and other Bri ...

:, compression ratio of 4.7 :1, reduction spur gear to 0.593:1. ;

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:, compression ratio of 4.7 :1, reduction spur gear to 0.593:1. With stronger crankshaft webs. ;

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:, compression ratio of 4.7 :1, reduction spur gear to 0.593:1. With balanced crankshafts. ;Wright-Hisso A:Wright-Martin built Type 34/HS8Aa at 1,400 rpm and 4.72:1 compression. ;Wright-Hisso B: 4-cyl in-line water-cooled ;Wright-Hisso C: geared A ;Wright-Hisso D: geared A with cannon ;Wright-Hisso E: at 1,700 rpm and 5.33:1 compression(HC 'I') ;Wright-Hisso E-2: (HC 'E') ;Wright-Hisso F: ('D' without cannon) ;Wright-Hisso H: , based on the Type 42/HS8F ;Wright-Hisso H-2: improved 'H' ;Wright-Hisso I: ;Wright-Hisso K: H with 37mm Baldwin cannon ;Wright-Hisso K-2: ;Wright-Hisso M: experimental 300 hp ;Wright-Hisso T: ;Wright-Hisso 180 hp V-8: direct drive ;Wright-Hisso 220 hp V-8: geared drive ;Wright-Hisso 300 hp V-8: geared drive ;M-6: A

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produced copy of the 8Fb ;Wright-Hisso V-720

Applications

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(single prototype) *

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(from 1925) *

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* Caudron R.11 (8Bba) * Caudron C.59 * Caudron C.61 (8Ac) *

Curtiss JN-4 The Curtiss JN "Jenny" was a series of biplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Although the Curtiss JN series was originally produced as a training aircraft for th ...

H ''Jenny'' (rare subvariant) *

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(8Fb) *

Dewoitine D.1 The Dewoitine D.1 was a French single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1920s, built by the French industrial company Dewoitine. Development The D.1 was the first airplane designed by Emile Dewoitine after he established his own company. The D.1 was ...

(8Fb) *

Farman F.121 Jabiru The Farman F.120 and its derivatives were a family of multi-engine airliners and bombers of the 1920s built by the Farman Aviation Works in France. Design and development The Jabiru, which was named after a Latin American stork, was a fixed- ...

(8Ac) *

FBA Type H The FBA Type H was a French reconnaissance flying boat produced in large numbers in France and Italy during World War I by Franco-British Aviation. Design and development A development of the FBA Type A, the Type H shared the same basic pushe ...

(8Aa) *

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Fokker D.IX The Fokker D.IX was a Dutch single seat, single engine fighter aircraft, the final, more powerful evolution of the Fokker D.VII World War I success, flown in 1921. The sole example was purchased by the US Army Air Service but not developed furthe ...

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(8Fb) *

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(8F) initial design only *

Fokker S.III The Fokker S.III was a biplane trainer aircraft of the 1920s. It was of conventional configuration, seating the pilot and instructor in tandem, open cockpits. The single-baywings were staggered and of unequal span. In 1927, Fokker's US subsi ...

Gourdou-Leseurre GL.21 The Gourdou-Leseurre GL.2 (originally, the Gourdou-Leseurre Type B) was a French fighter aircraft which made its maiden flight in 1918. Design and development The GL.2 was a development of the Gourdou-Leseurre Type A which had shown pleasing per ...

Hanriot HD.5 The Hanriot HD.5 was a French two-seat fighter aircraft prototype, built towards the end of World War I. A single-engine biplane with an unusually narrow gap between the upper and lower wings, it did not enter production. Design and developmen ...

Hanriot HD.15 The Hanriot HD.15 was a French two-seat fighter aircraft fitted with a supercharger for good high altitude performance, built in the 1920s. Three were ordered by Japan but lost at sea during delivery. Design and development The Hanriot HD.15 wa ...

Hanriot HD.20 The Hanriot HD.20 was a French single seat shipboard fighter aircraft prototype completed in 1923. Only one was built. Design and development The Hanriot HD.20 was an all-metal two bay biplane, though the inner bay was relatively narrow. Outwa ...

Itoh Emi 29 The Itoh Emi 29 ''Taihoku-go'' was a 1920s Japanese civil transport with its two passengers in a enclosed cabin. It was the first of this "limousine" type to be built in Japan; the only example flew the Osaka-Tokyo route for a while. Design a ...

* Letord Let.1 (8A) *

Letord Let.2 The Letord Let.5 was probably the most numerous of a family of 3-seat reconnaissance bombers, designed and built in France from 1916, originally to an A3 (reconnaissance aircraft 3-seat) specification from the STAé (''Service Technique d'Aé ...

& Let.3 (8Ba) * Letov Š-7 (8Fb) *

Letov Š-13 The Letov Š-13 was a single-seat, single-engine fighter aircraft designed and built in Czechoslovakia in the early 1920s. A biplane, it had aerodynamically thick wings which were originally cantilever structures, though interplane struts were la ...

(8Fb) * Letov Š-14 (8Fb) *

Levasseur PL.1 Pierre Levasseur's first aircraft, the Levasseur PL.1, was a three seat tourer (French category T.O.3) with a novel, simplified structure. One of only two Levasseur powered civil designs, the sole example was completed in 1922. Design and devel ...

(8Ab) *

Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard The Martinsyde F.4 Buzzard was developed as a powerful and fast biplane fighter for the Royal Air Force (RAF), but the end of the First World War led to the abandonment of large-scale production. Fewer than 400 were eventually produced, with man ...

(8Fb) *

(8A) *

(8Fb) * Nieuport-Delage NiD 38 (8Ab) * Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplan (8Fb) *

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(8Aa) and S.E.5a (8B, 8Ba or 8Bb on earliest versions and the Wolseley Viper derivative on later models) *

(8B) *

Sopwith B.1 The Sopwith B.1 was an experimental British bomber aircraft of the First World War. A single-seat, single-engined biplane, the B.1 was built by the Sopwith Aviation Company for the Royal Navy. Although only two were built, one was used for bom ...

prototypes (8Ba) * SPAD S.VII (8A) * SPAD S.XI (8Be) *

(8Cb) *

(8Be) * Standard J-1 (post-war modification) *

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(8a) *

Wibault 1 The Wibault Wib 1, Wib C1 or, later, Wib 1 C1 was a French World War I single seat, single engine fighter aircraft prototype. Flown near the end of the war, it was not selected for production. Design and development The Wib 1 was an aerodynami ...

(single prototype)

Wright-Hispano E

* Boeing NB-2 * AT-3 *

Consolidated PT-1 The Consolidated PT-1 Trusty (company designation Model 1) was a biplane primary trainer used by the United States Army Air Service (USAAS). Design and development In 1921, Colonel Virginius Clark, chief designer of the Dayton-Wright Company ...

* Cox-Klemin TW-2 * Curtiss AT-4 *

Dayton-Wright TW-3 The Consolidated PT-1 Trusty (company designation Model 1) was a biplane primary trainer used by the United States Army Air Service (USAAS). Design and development In 1921, Colonel Virginius Clark, chief designer of the Dayton-Wright Compan ...

* Huff-Daland TW-5 *

Loening M-8 The Loening M-8 was a 1910s American fighter monoplane designed by Grover Loening and built by his Loening Aeronautical Engineering Company. An order of 5000 for the United States Army Air Corps was canceled when the First World War ended. Deve ...

* Naval Aircraft Factory TS-3 * Travel Air 3000 * Vought VE-7 *

Mitsubishi "Hi"shiki

;200 HP (8B) * Yokosuka Ro-go Ko-gata *

Hanza-shiki suijō teisatsuki The Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 was a German two-seat fighter floatplane which served in the closing months of World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in ...

(ハンザ式水上偵察機, Type Hansa Surveillance Floatplane) ;300 HP (8F) *

Mitsubishi 1MF The Mitsubishi 1MF was a Japanese carrier fighter aircraft of the 1920s. Designed for the Mitsubishi Aircraft Company by the British aircraft designer Herbert Smith, the 1MF, also known as the Navy Type 10 Carrier Fighter was operated by the ...

Mitsubishi 2MR The Mitsubishi 2MR was a Japanese carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft of the 1920s, also known as the Navy Type 10 Carrier Reconnaissance Aircraft or the C1M in the Navy's short designation scheme.Aerospace Museum of California. * A Wright-Hisso 8A is on public display at the

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official museum of the United States Air Force located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, northeast of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is the ...

Specifications (Hispano-Suiza 8a)

References

* Janes Fighting Aircraft of World War I by Michael John Haddrick Taylor (Random House Group Ltd. 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA, 2001, ), page 289 *

Bibliography

* "Los motores V8 de aviación de La Hispano Suiza (1914-1918)" by Jacinto García Barbero (Edited by Asociación de Amigos del Museo Del Aire, Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutica, CECAF. Depósito legal: M-41737-2005) 219 pages.

External links

Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's Hispano-Suiza V8 powered Curtiss JN-4H Jenny

*Hispano-Suiza 8Aa at Museo de Aeronáutica y Astronáutic

{{Hispano-Suiza aeroengines 1910s aircraft piston engines Hispano-Suiza aircraft engines

Design and development

Origins

Variants

Applications

Wright-Hispano E

Mitsubishi "Hi"shiki

Specifications (Hispano-Suiza 8a)

See also

References

Bibliography

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