| Homare | |
|---|---|
| |
| Nakajima Homare engine | |
| Type | Piston aircraft engine |
| Manufacturer | Nakajima Aircraft Company |
| Designer | Ryoichi Nakagawa |
| First run | 1941 |
| Major applications | Nakajima Ki-84, Kawanishi N1K-J, Yokosuka P1Y, Nakajima C6N |
| Number built | 9,089 [1] |
| Developed from | Sakae |
The Nakajima Homare (誉, "praise" or, more usually, "honour") was an air-cooled twin-row 18 cylinder radial Japanese aircraft engine manufactured during World War II. Producing almost 2,000 horsepower, it was used widely by both the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Given the Navy service designation NK9, the "Homare" was also given the company designation NBA, Army experimental designation Ha-45 (ハ45) or, Army long designation Nakajima Army Type 4 1,900 hp Air-Cooled Radial and, (coincidentally) unified designation code of Ha-45.[2]
- ^ USSBS 1947, p. 23 tab.14
- ^ Gunston 1989, p.105.