The Potez 4E is a French air-cooled
flat-four piston engine
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of the 1960s. It was unveiled at the 1959
Paris Air Show
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, entered production in 1960 and is rated at 78 kW (105 hp).
It remained in production until 1965 when Potez abandoned production of aero-engines.
[Taylor 1965, p.456.][''Flight International'' 7 January 1965, p.24.]
Variants
;4E-00:
;4E-02:
;4E-20
:
[
;4E-30
:Fuel injected.
]
Applications
* Chasle Tourbillon
* Dabos JD.24P D'Artagnan
* Godbille JG.1B
* Merville D.63
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Design and development
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Specifications (Potez 4E-20)
References
*
Aero Engines 1960
. '' Flight'', 18 March 1960, pp. 367–387.
Aero Engines: A "Flight International" Survey
. ''Flight International'', 7 January 1965, pp. 19–34.
* Taylor, John W. R. ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66''. London: Samson Low, Marston, 1965.
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4E
1950s aircraft piston engines