The Rotron RT300 is a series
British
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* British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies.
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aircraft engines, designed and produced by
Rotron Power Ltd
Rotron Power Limited is a British aircraft engine manufacturer based in Semley, Wiltshire. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of Wankel engines for unmanned aerial vehicles, light aircraft and helicopters.Tacke, Willi; Marin ...
of
Semley, Wiltshire for use in
unmanned aerial vehicles
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,
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 co ...
and
helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forward, backward and laterally. These attributes ...
s.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 260-261. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
Design and development
The engine is a single-rotor
Wankel
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* Wankel engine, a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design instead of reciprocating pistons
* Wankel AG, a German company that produces Wankel engines for ultralight aircraft and racing cars
People ...
, displacement, liquid-cooled, petroleum/jet fuel engine design. It can be employed direct-drive or with a toothed poly V belt
reduction drive
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Reduction drives are used in engines of all kinds ...
. It employs dual
electronic ignition
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and produces at 7500 rpm, depending on the model.
Variants
;RT300 Jet-A1
:Model that runs on
Jet A-1
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fuel, with a
compression ratio of 8.5:1 and produces at 7500 rpm.
;RT300 LCR
:Model that runs on petroleum or
avgas, with a compression ratio of 9.6:1 and produces at 7500 rpm.
;RT300 XE
:Model that runs on petroleum or avgas, with a compression ratio of 9.5:1 and produces at 7500 rpm.
Specifications (Rotron RT300 Jet-A1)
See also
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.rotronuav.com/engines/rt-300ja1
Rotron aircraft engines
Pistonless rotary engine