Hispano-Suiza 8

E330604
V8 engine aircraft engine liquid-cooled piston engine

The Hispano-Suiza 8 is a World War I-era liquid-cooled V8 aircraft engine widely used in Allied fighter planes for its high power and reliability.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
Hispano-Suiza 8 canonical 2
Hispano-Suiza 8 engine 1
Hispano-Suiza 8 series 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf V8 engine ⓘ
aircraft engine ⓘ
liquid-cooled piston engine ⓘ
application fighter aircraft ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
configuration 90-degree V8 ⓘ
coolingSystem liquid-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
designer Marc Birkigt ⓘ
displacement approximately 11.76 L in early versions ⓘ
enteredService 1915 ⓘ
era World War I ⓘ
family Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8 series
firstRun 1914 ⓘ
fuelType aviation gasoline ⓘ
legacy influential in development of later V8 aircraft engines ⓘ
licenseBuilder Isotta Fraschini ⓘ
Wolseley ⓘ
surface form: Wolseley Motors

Wright-Martin ⓘ
licenseBuiltIn Italy ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
manufacturer Hispano-Suiza ⓘ
notableFeature aluminum alloy crankcase ⓘ
direct-drive propeller shaft ⓘ
geared propeller reduction in some variants ⓘ
high power-to-weight ratio for its time ⓘ
monobloc cylinder blocks ⓘ
single overhead camshaft per bank ⓘ
powerOutputRange 140–300 horsepower ⓘ
reputation high performance ⓘ
reliable ⓘ
usedBy Allies of World War II ⓘ
surface form: Allied powers

France ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
usedInAircraft Breguet 14 ⓘ
Hanriot HD.1 ⓘ
surface form: Hanriot HD.1 (license-built variants)

Nieuport 28 fighter ⓘ
surface form: Nieuport 28

SPAD S.XIII ⓘ
surface form: SECM SPAD XII

SPAD S.VII ⓘ
SPAD S.XIII ⓘ
Sopwith Dolphin ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
variant Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8A

Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8Ab

Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8Ba

Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8Be

Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8Fb

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 → engineType → Hispano-Suiza 8 ⓘ
Sopwith Dolphin → engineType → Hispano-Suiza 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8B
Sopwith Dolphin → engineType → Hispano-Suiza 8 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8F
S.E.5a fighter aircraft → powerplant → Hispano-Suiza 8 ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8 engine
Hispano-Suiza 8 → family → Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8 series
Hispano-Suiza 8 → variant → Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8A
Hispano-Suiza 8 → variant → Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8Ab
Hispano-Suiza 8 → variant → Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8Ba
Hispano-Suiza 8 → variant → Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8Be
Hispano-Suiza 8 → variant → Hispano-Suiza 8 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hispano-Suiza 8Fb
Wolseley Viper → basedOn → Hispano-Suiza 8 ⓘ