Sakae | |
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Nakajima Sakae engine on display at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum | |
Type | Piston aircraft engine |
Manufacturer | Nakajima |
First run | 1939 |
Major applications | Mitsubishi A6M Nakajima Ki-43 Kawasaki Ki-48 |
Number built | 30,233 |
Developed from | Nakajima Ha5 |
Developed into | Nakajima Homare |
The Nakajima Sakae (栄, Glory) was a two-row, 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine used in a number of combat aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.[1]