Manfred Weiss WM K-14B Performance

[tanze]

Hello,

I'm trying to find the power curve or at least some performance data of the WM-K14B engine that equipped the hungarian Heja II aircraft (the version derived from the Reggiane RE2000).

The only info that I have found is max power of 1085 HP but don't know at which altitude.

Do you have any info ?

Thanks,

Paolo

 

[camman]

Well, according to Wikipedia, the Manfred Weiss WM K.14 was simply a licensed copy of the Gnome-Rhone 14K Mistral Major, so that would be a good place to look if you want more information. There is another thread right here: On big radials This thread has a power curve for the 14Kdrs, which peaked at 1115 HP, which is close to what you're looking for.

 

[tanze]

Thanks Camman for the hint.

From what I've seen and checking with italian sources I would go for:
- WMK-14: Gnome-Rhone 14N1
- WMK-14B: Gnome-Rhone 14N48/49

The reason is the rated altitude that according to sources should be around 4000 m and for those engines is about 3700m.

Let's see if in the future sources from hungarian side could add more details