The Zündapp 9–092 or Z 92 was a German four-cylinder, air-cooled, inline

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made by Zündapp and used in light aircraft of the late-1930s.''Flight'' - 'The Belgrade Show' - 9 June 1938, p. 561.
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Design and development

The engine was developed from the smaller

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. This inverted engine featured dual gear-driven

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s with the valve rocker cover acting as the oil tank. It featured a single Bosch magneto ignition system. A total of approximately 200 engines were produced.

Applications

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* Bücker Bü 180 * Fieseler Fi 253 * Gotha Go 150 * Klemm Kl 105 * Möller Stürmer * Siebel Si 202

Engines on display

*Preserved examples of the 9-092 engine are on public display at the Deutsches Museum, Munich and Technikmuseum Dessau.

Design and development

Applications

Engines on display

Specifications

See also

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Further reading