The Mistral G-200 is a
Swiss
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aircraft engine
An aircraft engine, often referred to as an aero engine, is the power component of an aircraft propulsion system. Most aircraft engines are either piston engines or gas turbines, although a few have been rocket powered and in recent years many ...
, designed and produced by
Mistral Engines Mistral Engines SA is a Swiss firm formed in 2001 with the purpose of developing engines for light aircraft and helicopters. Its headquarters is in Geneva, Switzerland and is majority owned by DEA General Aviation, a Chinese company based in Guangd ...
of
Geneva
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for use in
light aircraft
A light aircraft is an aircraft that has a maximum gross takeoff weight of or less.Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition'', page 308. Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997.
Light aircraft are used as utility aircraft c ...
.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 260-261. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
Design and development
The engine is a twin-rotor, 2X3X displacement, liquid-cooled, gasoline
Wankel engine
The Wankel engine (, ) is a type of internal combustion engine using an Eccentric (mechanism), eccentric rotary combustion engine, rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. It was invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, and desi ...
design, with an integral mechanical gearbox
reduction drive
A reduction drive is a mechanical device to shift rotational speed. A planetary reduction drive is a small scale version using ball bearings in an epicyclic arrangement instead of toothed gears.
Reduction drives are used in engines of all kinds t ...
with a reduction ratio of 2.82:1. It employs dual
electronic ignition
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systems and produces .
Specifications (G-200)
See also
References
External links
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{{Mistral Engine Company aeroengines
Mistral aircraft engines
Pistonless rotary engine