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Hirth HM 504

Hirth HM 504
Hirth HM 504 Aircraft engine at Flugausstellung Hermeskeil, pic1.jpg
Hirth HM 504 on display at the Flugausstellung Hermeskeil
Type Inline piston engine
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Hirth-Motoren GmbH, Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
Major applications Bücker Bü 131
Developed from Hirth HM 60
Developed into Hirth HM 500

The Hirth HM 504 is a four-cylinder air-cooled inverted inline engine. The 504 was a popular engine for light aircraft of the 1930s-1940s and it was used to power a number of Germany's trainer aircraft of World War II. The engine featured a cast magnesium alloy crankcase. The Hitachi Hatsukaze Model 11 was a Japanese licensed version.

Data from Katz.


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