Mitsubishi Kinsei

The Mitsubishi Kinsei (金星) was a 14-cylinder, air-cooled, twin-row radial aircraft engine developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Japan in 1934 for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The Mitsubishi model designation for this engine was A8 while it was an experimental project, in service it was known as the MK8 "Kinsei" by the Navy. In the middle of the war the engine was adopted by Army so it got designation Ha-112 Unified designation code was Ha-33. Its basic design was based on the single-row, 9-cylinder air-cooled Pratt and Whitney R-1689 Hornet, but underwent numerous modifications and improvements.

Variants

 * -3 - 910 hp
 * -41 - 1,075 hp
 * -42 - 1,075 hp
 * -43 - 1,000 hp, 1,080 hp
 * -44 - 1,000 hp, 1,075 hp
 * -45 - 1,075 hp
 * -46 - 1,070 hp
 * -48 - 1,080 hp
 * -51 - 1,300 hp
 * -53 - 1,300 hp
 * -54 - 1,200 hp, 1,300 hp
 * -62 - 1,560 hp

Applications

 * Aichi D3A
 * Aichi E13A
 * Aichi E16A
 * Douglas L2D2-L2D5
 * Kawanishi H6K
 * Kawasaki Ki-96
 * Kawasaki Ki-100
 * Kawasaki Ki-102
 * Nakajima/Mahshu Ki-116
 * Mitsubishi A6M8
 * Mitsubishi B5M
 * Mitsubishi G3M
 * Mitsubishi Ki-46
 * Yokosuka D4Y3-D4Y4