| AS.8 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Type | Piston V-16 aero engine |
| Manufacturer | Fiat Aviazione |
| First run | c.1940 |
| Developed from | Fiat AS.6 |
The Fiat AS.8 was a large Italian 16-cylinder, liquid-cooled V configured aircraft racing engine designed and built in the late-1930s by Fiat for an attempt to capture the air speed record. Another reason for the design was to provide the Regia Aeronautica with high performance fighter aircraft engines.
Production problems caused the project to be abandoned when Italy entered World War II in June 1940, power for the fighter designs moved to licensed-built Daimler-Benz DB 605 V-12 engines as the Fiat RA.1050.[1]
- ^ Montalbano 1980, pp. 39-40.