The Hirth HM 506 was a six-cylinder air-cooled inverted inline engine that was developed from the earlier four-cylinder HM 504.[1] The HM 506 was a popular engine for light aircraft of the 1930s to 1940s and powered the Bücker Bü 133A model trainer. The engine featured a cast magnesium alloy crankcase.
HM 506 | |
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Type | Inline piston engine |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Hirth Motoren GmbH |
Major applications | Bücker Bü 133 |
Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938,[2] Flugzeug-Typenbuch. Handbuch der deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1944[3]