The Nakajima Homare (誉, "praise" or, more usually, "honour") was an air-cooled twin-row 18 cylinder radial Japanese aircraft engine manufactured during World War II.

[1] Development of the Homare started in 1940, and certification was completed in 1941.

However, the tight design of the engine made it difficult to maintain quality in manufacturing, and unreliability in the field was a significant problem; actual output of early models at altitude was in the range of 1300 hp (970 kW), far below the designed capability.

Later models had improved performance, and it became one of the predominant powerplants of Japanese military aircraft in the latter part of the war.

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