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Aichi AC-1

1920s Japanese piston aircraft engine prototype

Field	Value
name	AC-1
engine_type	Radial aircraft engine
national_origin	Japan
manufacturer	Aichi Kokuki
first_run	1929
major_applications	Aichi AB-2

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The Aichi AC-1 was an experimental 330 hp nine-cylinder air-cooled radial engine. In 1929, it was used to power the newly designed Aichi AB-2, a catapult-launched reconnaissance seaplane.

The AB-2 with its AC-1 engine is noted for being the first shipboard reconnaissance seaplane and engine combination designed and manufactured entirely in Japan, without foreign assistance. This was a major turning point, not only for Aichi, but for all of the other Japanese aircraft and engine manufacturers, as they no longer need rely on foreign designs.

None of these engines survive today, and little is known about them.

Specifications

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References

Mikesh, Robert C.; Abe, Shorzoe (1990). Japanese Aircraft 1910-1941. London: Putnam.

References

Mikesh and Abe 1990, p.63.

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