The Limbach L1700 is a series of type certified German

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s, designed and produced by

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of Königswinter for use in light aircraft and motorgliders.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 240-241. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X The series were originally designated as the ''SL1700'' under its former certification and was changed to ''L1700'' by company Service Bulletin no. 17.

Design and development

The L1700 is a four-cylinder

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, horizontally-opposed air-cooled, gasoline direct-dive engine design, based upon the

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. It employs a single magneto ignition, one

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, is lubricated by a wet sump and produces at 3600 rpm. The L1700 was type certified by the

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on 4 August 2006. The first engines in the series had originally been certified by the German Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) on 6 December 1971.

Variants

;L1700 EA :Version that puts out for takeoff and continuously. ;L 1700 EB :Version that puts out for takeoff and continuously. ;L1700 EO/EC :Version that puts out for takeoff and continuously. ;L 1700 ED :Version that puts out for takeoff and continuously.

Applications

Specifications (L1700 EO/EC)

References

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