Wankel AG is a German

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 ...

and

automotive engine , there were a wide variety of propulsion systems available or potentially available for automobiles and other vehicles. Options included internal combustion engines fueled by petrol, diesel, propane, or natural gas; hybrid vehicles, plug-in ...

manufacturer based in

Kirchberg, Saxony Kirchberg is a town in the Zwickau district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated at the western end of the Ore Mountains, 11 km south of Zwickau Zwickau (; is, with around 87,500 inhabitants (2020), the fourth-largest city of Saxony after ...

. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of

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 ...

s for

ultralight aircraft Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with ailer ...

and also for

kart racing Kart racing or karting is a road racing variant of motorsport with open-wheel, four-wheeled vehicles known as go-karts or shifter karts. They are usually raced on kart circuit, scaled-down circuits, although some professional kart races are als ...

cars.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 260-263. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. The company is organized as an

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, a German share-owned limited corporation.

Products

The company's aircraft engine line consists of the single rotor

Wankel AG LCR - 407 SGti The Wankel AG LCR - 407 SGti is a German Wankel aircraft engine, designed and produced by Wankel AG of Kirchberg, Saxony for use in ultralight aircraft.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 2 ...

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 ...

, displacement, liquid-cooled,

fuel injected 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 ...

, gasoline, Wankel engine that produces at 6000 rpm and the dual rotor

Wankel AG LCR - 814 TGti The Wankel AG LCR - 814 TGti is a German Wankel aircraft engine, designed and produced by Wankel AG of Kirchberg, Saxony for use in ultralight aircraft.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 262 ...

displacement, liquid-cooled, fuel injected, gasoline, Wankel engine design, that produces at 6000 rpm. The kart engines offered include the LCR 407 SG/K (KR) and LCR 407 SG/W, both single rotor, displacement,

carburetor A carburetor (also spelled carburettor) is a device used by an internal combustion engine to control and mix air and fuel entering the engine. The primary method of adding fuel to the intake air is through the venturi tube in the main meteri ...

-equipped designs that produce at 6800 rpm, plus the LCR 407 SG/KR, a single rotor, displacement, carburetor-equipped design that produces at 6900 rpm.

Aircraft engines

Summary of aircraft engines built by Wankel AG: *

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.wankel-ag.de/seite1_e.html Aircraft engine manufacturers of Germany