The BMW 803 A Aero Engine

Abstract

BMW is a company that can look back on a long tradition in engine construction. This not only applies to developing innovative car engines, which were always a little ahead of their time, but also to designing aero engines. It is now possible to present the public with a record of aero‐engine construction that was long believed to have been lost without trace: a BMW type 803 A aero engine built in 1944, comprising two 4‐cylinder double‐radial engines that together develop some 4,000 hp. This unique example is now being exhibited at the Deutsches Museum in Munich.

Citation

(1993), "The BMW 803 A Aero Engine", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 65 No. 3, pp. 9-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb037352