The ULPower UL260i is a family of

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s, produced by

ULPower ULPower Aero Engines is a Belgium, Belgian company which manufactures engines specifically designed for light aircraft/rotorcraft use. History In 2001 the founding partners of ULPower were asked to fix an issue with a Jabiru 2200, Jabiru engine ...

in Belgium.

Design

The UL260i series are all lightweight, four-cylinder,

four-stroke A four-stroke (also four-cycle) engine is an internal combustion (IC) engine in which the piston completes four separate strokes while turning the crankshaft. A stroke refers to the full travel of the piston along the cylinder, in either directio ...

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, air-cooled, direct drive engine designs that feature

FADEC A full authority digital engine (or electronics) control (FADEC) is a system consisting of a digital computer, called an "electronic engine controller" (EEC) or "engine control unit" (ECU), and its related accessories that control all aspects of ai ...

with multipoint

fuel injection Fuel injection is the introduction of fuel in an internal combustion engine, most commonly automotive engines, by the means of an injector. This article focuses on fuel injection in reciprocating piston and Wankel rotary engines. All comp ...

and

dual ignition Dual Ignition is a system for spark-ignition engines, whereby critical ignition components, such as spark plugs and magnetos, are duplicated. Dual ignition is most commonly employed on aero engines,Crane, Dale: ''Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, ...

systems.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 262-263. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

Variants

;UL260i :Base model, fuel injection, compression ratio of 8.16:1, producing ;UL260iS :Model with a higher compression ratio of 9.10:1, fuel injection, producing ;UL260iSA :

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model with a higher compression ratio of 9.10:1, fuel injection, producing ;UL260iF :Model with a higher compression ratio of 9.10:1, fuel injection, producing , due to French regulatory requirements.

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