A hydraulic device comprises a housing and a shaft with a flange extending perpendicularly to a first axis of rotation. A plurality of pistons are fixed to the flange and move each in a sleeve supported by and rotatable with a barrel plate. The barrel plate is provided with a plurality of actuators for exerting counter forces (Fa) on the respective sleeves in a direction and at a location such that at least when one of the pistons is at bottom dead center under operating conditions the counter force on the cooperating sleeve acts along a line at a distance from the center point of the piston head and causes a counter torque about the center point of the piston head against the tilting torque, wherein the actuators are controlled such that the counter forces increase with increasing rotational speed of the barrel plate about the second axis of rotation.