The VIJA AG-12Si is a French
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 ...
, designed and produced by
VIJA Aircraft Engines of
Toulouse for use in
ultralight and
homebuilt aircraft.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 262-263. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The company was founded in 2004 and went out of business in about 2015, ending production.
Design and development
The engine is a 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 ...
,
in-line, displacement, 16 valve, air-cooled,
fuel injected motorcycle conversion, petrol engine design, with a mechanical gearbox
reduction drive with a reduction ratio of 2.55:1. It employs
electronic ignition and produces at 7100 rpm, with a
compression ratio
The compression ratio is the ratio between the volume of the cylinder and combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine at their maximum and minimum values.
A fundamental specification for such engines, it is measured two ways: the stati ...
of 11.5.
Variants
;AG-12Si
:Base model with a weight of .
;AG-12Sbi
:Model with a weight of .
Specifications (AG-12Si)
See also
References
External links
Official website archiveson
Archive.org
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