The Hispano-Suiza 14AA, also known as Type 79, was a fourteen-cylinder aircraft
radial engine used in France during the late 1930s. As
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 ...
lacked recent experience in developing radial engines, it was derived from the licensed
Wright R-2600 engine.
Hartmann, Gérard, ''Hispano-Suiza. Les moteurs de tous les records
/ref> Due to reliability problems, the engine was largely supplanted by the similar Gnome-Rhône 14N.
Not to be confused with the smaller Hispano-Suiza 14AB
The Hispano-Suiza 14AB, a.k.a. Hispano-Suiza Type 80, was a 14-cylinder twin-row air-cooled radial engine. In 1929 the Hispano-Suiza company bought a license to produce the Wright Whirlwind engine. The technology from that engine was used to p ...
, which was derived from the smaller Wright Whirlwind series.
Variants
;14AA-00
: Direct drive LH rotation
;14AA-01
: Direct drive RH rotation as -00
;14AA-02
: 0.625:1 reduction gear LH rotation
;14AA-03
: 0.625:1 reduction gear RH rotation as -02
;14AA-04
: 0.625:1 reduction gear LH rotation
;14AA-05
: 0.625:1 reduction gear RH rotation as -04
;14AA-06
: Direct drive LH rotation
;14AA-07
: Direct drive RH rotation as -06
Applications
*Amiot 341
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Development
The Amiot 350 s ...
* LeO 45
*Farman F.223
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* Latécoère 530
*Latécoère 570
The Latécoère 570 was a twin-engined medium bomber designed to a 1934 specification. It did not fly until 1939, by which time competitor aircraft had gone into service.
Design and development
The Latécoère 570 was the French company's resp ...
*Koolhoven F.K.58
The Koolhoven F.K.58 was a single engine, interceptor-fighter aircraft designed and mainly manufactured by N V Koolhoven in the Netherlands under contract by France. Intended for ''Armée de l'Air'' use, the F.K.58 saw limited service in the B ...
* Potez 501
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* Romano R.120
The Romano R.120 was a twin-engine 4-seat bomber aircraft designed by Etienne Romano in the 1930s.
Specifications
References
External links
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1930s French bomber aircraft
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Twin piston-engined tractor aircraft ...
Specifications (14AA-04)
See also
References
{{Hispano-Suiza aeroengines
Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines
1930s aircraft piston engines
Hispano-Suiza aircraft engines