Rotex Electric is a
Czech
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aircraft engine
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manufacturer based in
Prague
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. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of
electric motor
An electric motor is an Electric machine, electrical machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy. Most electric motors operate through the interaction between the motor's magnetic field and electric current in a Electromagneti ...
s for
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 ...
, as well as for
automobile
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s and other applications.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 262-263. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The company was founded in 2003.
The company produces four series of electric motors, REB, REG, RET and REX, in a variety of power outputs. The
REB 90 is an example, a
brushless 350
volt
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Defi ...
design that produces for aircraft use.
Aircraft
Summary of aircraft engines built by Rotex Electric:
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Rotex Electric REB 20
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Rotex Electric REB 30
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Rotex Electric REB 50
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Rotex Electric REB 90
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Rotex Electric REG 20
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Rotex Electric REG 30
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Rotex Electric RET 30
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Rotex Electric RET 60
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Rotex Electric REX 30
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Rotex Electric REX 50
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Rotex Electric REX 90
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.rotexelectric.eu/
Aircraft engine manufacturers of the Czech Republic
Manufacturing companies established in 2003
Czech companies established in 2003