The Limbach L550E is a German
aircraft engine, designed and produced by
Limbach Flugmotoren of
Königswinter
Königswinter ( ksh, Köningkswinte; Low Franconian: ) is a town and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Königswinter is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Bad Godesberg, at t ...
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[Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 240-241. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X]
Design and development
The L550E is an air-cooled
horizontally-opposed
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four-cylinder
two-stroke
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gasoline engine developing at 7500 rpm which can drive a propeller either directly or geared. It employs a single
magneto
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ignition, four
carburettors, and is lubricated by oil mixture lubrication with a fuel to oil ratio of 25:1 for mineral oil or 50:1 for synthetic oil.
Iranian copy
Since at least 2014, the Iranian firm
Mado has marketed a copy of the L550E.
The Mado variant is used for the Iranian
Shahed-136
The HESA Shahed 136 ( fa, شاهد ۱۳۶, literally "Witness-136"), or Geran-2 in Russian service, is an Iranian loitering munition in the form of an autonomous pusher-prop drone. It is designed and manufactured by Shahed Aviation Industries ...
UAV.
Specifications (L550E)
See also
References
External links
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Two-stroke aircraft piston engines
Air-cooled aircraft piston engines