The Rotax 275 is a ,

single-cylinder A single-cylinder engine, sometimes called a thumper, is a piston engine with one cylinder. This engine is often used for motorcycles, motor scooters, go-karts, all-terrain vehicles, radio-controlled vehicles, portable tools and garden machinery ( ...

two-stroke A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being completed in one revolution of ...

aircraft engine, built by BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co. KG of

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

for use in Self-launched Gliders.

Design

The Rotax 275 is a single-cylinder two-stroke engine with an air-cooled cylinder head and cylinder. It has a single magneto ignition with a gear driven propeller. It was

certified Certification is the provision by an independent body of written assurance (a certificate) that the product, service or system in question meets specific requirements. It is the formal attestation or confirmation of certain characteristics of a ...

in November 1988.EASA Type-Certificate Data Sheet No E.210 for Rotax 275 series engines (Issue 03 Dated 5 September 2016)
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Applications

* Glaser-Dirks DG-600M * Schleicher ASH 25E * Schleicher ASW 24E

Specifications (275)

References

{{Rotax aeroengines Air-cooled aircraft piston engines Rotax engines Two-stroke aircraft piston engines