Nakajima Sakae

Sakae
Nakajima Sakae engine on display at the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum
TypePiston aircraft engine
ManufacturerNakajima
First run1939
Major applicationsMitsubishi A6M
Nakajima Ki-43
Kawasaki Ki-48
Number built30,233
Developed fromNakajima Ha5
Developed intoNakajima Homare

The Nakajima Sakae (, Glory) was a two-row, 14-cylinder air-cooled radial engine used in a number of combat aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.