BMW 132

E28599

aircraft engine piston engine radial engine

The BMW 132 was a German nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engine widely used in Luftwaffe bombers and transport aircraft during the 1930s and World War II.

Aliases (4)

BMW 132A ×1
BMW 132N ×1
BMW 132R ×1
BMW 132T ×1

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft engine → piston engine → radial engine →
basedOn	Pratt & Whitney Hornet →
bore	155.5 mm →
compressionRatio	6.0:1 → 6.5:1 →
coolingSystem	air-cooled →
countryOfOrigin	Germany →
cylinderConfiguration	single-row radial →
displacement	1690 in³ → 27.7 L →
era	1930s →
firstRunDate	1933 →
fuelSystem	carbureted →
fuelType	aviation gasoline →
ignitionSystem	dual magneto →
licenseBuiltFrom	Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet →
manufacturer	BMW →
notableVariant	BMW 132A → BMW 132N → BMW 132R → BMW 132T →
numberOfCylinders	9 →
powerOutput	660 hp → 725 hp → 870 hp →
productionEnd	1945 →
productionStart	1933 →
stroke	174 mm →
supercharger	single-stage supercharger →
usedBy	Luftwaffe →
usedInAircraft	Arado Ar 196 → Blohm & Voss Ha 138 → Blohm & Voss Ha 139 → Dornier Do 17 → Dornier Do 18 → Dornier Do 24 → Focke-Wulf Fw 200 → Focke-Wulf Fw 62 → Heinkel He 111 → Heinkel He 114 → Heinkel He 116 → Heinkel He 70 → Junkers G 38 → Junkers Ju 160 → Junkers Ju 52 → Junkers Ju 86 → Junkers Ju 90 → Junkers W 34 →
usedInConflict	World War II →
usedInRole	bomber aircraft engine → transport aircraft engine →
valvetrain	overhead valve →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
BMW 132 ("BMW 132A") → BMW 132 ("BMW 132N") → BMW 132 ("BMW 132R") → BMW 132 ("BMW 132T") →	notableVariant
Heinkel He 111 →	powerplant