The Zanzottera MZ 313 is an Italian
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 for use in
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 ...
.
[Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 256-257. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ]
The engine was originally designed and produced by Zanzottera Technologies of
Italy
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, but the design was sold, along with the rest of the company's two-stroke ultralight aircraft engine line to Compact Radial Engines of
Surrey, British Columbia
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,
Canada
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. As of March 2018, the engine was not offered for sale by Compact Radial Engines.
Compact Radial Engines was then in turn acquired by Fiate Aviation Co., Ltd. of
Hefei, Anhui,
China
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in August 2017. Fiate Aviation did not advertise the engine as available in 2021.
Design and development
The engine is a single-cylinder
two-stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a Thermodynamic power cycle, power cycle with two strokes (up and down movements) of the piston during one power cycle, this power cycle being comple ...
, displacement, air-cooled, gasoline engine design, with a poly V belt
reduction drive with reduction ratios of 2.24 and 2.34. It employs
electronic ignition and produces at 6250 rpm.
Specifications (MZ 313)
See also
References
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Compact Radial Engines aircraft engines
Zanzottera aircraft engines
Two-stroke aircraft piston engines
Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
2010s aircraft piston engines