BMW 132
Preserved BMW 132 at the BMW Museum
Type Radial engine
National origin Germany
Manufacturer BMW
First run 1933
Major applications Junkers Ju 52
Number built >21,000
Developed from Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet
Developed into BMW 114

The BMW 132 was a nine-cylinder radial aircraft engine produced by BMW starting in 1933.

Design and development

BMW took over a license for manufacturing air-cooled radial engines from Pratt & Whitney on 3 January 1928. The nine-cylinder model Pratt & Whitney R-1690 Hornet was initially manufactured virtually unchanged under the designation BMW Hornet.

Soon BMW embarked on its own development. The result was the BMW 132, essentially an improved version of the Hornet engine, that went into production in 1933. A number of different versions were built; aside from the carburetor designs used mainly in civilian aircraft, versions with direct fuel injection were manufactured for the German Luftwaffe. The engines had a displacement of 27.7 L (1,690 cu in) and generated up to 1,065 PS (1,050 hp; 783 kW) depending on model.

The 132 found widespread use in the transport role, remaining the primary powerplant of the Junkers Ju 52 for much of its life, turning the BMW 132 into one of the most important aircraft engines for civilian aircraft during the 1930s.

Numerous pioneering flights were undertaken with the BMW 132. The most impressive was the first direct flight from Berlin to New York in a four-engined Focke-Wulf 200 S-1 Condor. It covered the distance to New York in 24 hours and 57 minutes on 10 August 1938.

BMW 132 engine
Connecting rods

Variants

132A
725 PS (715 hp, 533 kW)
132Dc
850 PS (838 hp, 625 kW)
132De
880 PS (868 hp, 647 kW)
132J/K
960 PS (947 hp, 706 kW) with higher rpm
132N
865 PS (853 hp, 636 kW)
132T
730 PS (720 hp, 537 kW)
132W
1065 PS (1050 hp, 783 kW)
ENMA Beta B-4 (Spanish license-built version)
(9E-C29-775) 785 PS (774 hp; 577 kW) (stroke 174.6 mm (6.87 in), displacement 29.85 L (1,822 cu in))[1]

Applications

Specifications (BMW 132 Dc)

BMW 132, M15 in the National Military Museum, Romania.

Data from Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[2]

General characteristics

  • Type: 9-cylinder single-row supercharged air-cooled radial engine
  • Bore: 155.6 mm (6.13 in)
  • Stroke: 161.9 mm (6.37 in)
  • Displacement: 27.72 L (1,691.6 cu in)
  • Length: 1,411 mm (55.55 in)
  • Diameter: 1,380 mm (54.33 in)
  • Dry weight: 525 kg (1,157 lb)

Components

Performance

  • Power output:
  • 850 PS (838 hp; 625 kW) for takeoff at 2,450 rpm (1 minute) at sea level
  • 780 PS (769 hp; 574 kW) at 2,350 rpm (5 minutes) at sea level
  • 690 PS (681 hp; 507 kW) at 2,250 rpm (30 minutes) at sea level
  • 550 PS (542 hp; 405 kW) at 2,100 rpm (max. duration) at sea level
  • 500 PS (493 hp; 368 kW) at 2,000 rpm (max range) at sea level

See also

Related development

Related lists

References

  1. ↑ Wilkinson, Paul H. (1960). Aircraft engines of the World 1960/61 (16th ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. p. 260.
  2. ↑ Schneider, Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) (1944). Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944 (in German) (Facsimile reprint 1986 ed.). Leipzig: Herm. Beyer Verlag. p. 369. ISBN 381120484X.

Bibliography

  • Bingham, Victor (1998). Major Piston Aero Engines of World War II. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-84037-012-2.
  • Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines: From the Pioneers to the Present Day (5th ed.). Stroud, UK: Sutton. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X.
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