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König SC 430
The König SC 430 is a three-cylinder, two-stroke, single ignition radial aircraft engine designed for powered paragliders and single place ultralight trikes.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page G-5 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. The engine was originally designed and produced by Dieter König of Berlin, Germany. The design was sold to Zanzottera Technologies of Italy and then sold again, along with the rest of Zanzottera's two-stroke ultralight aircraft engine line to Compact Radial Engines of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Compact Radial Engines was then in turn acquired by Fiate Aviation Co., Ltd. of Hefei, Anhui, China in August 2017. Fiate Aviation did not advertise the engine as available in 2021. Development The SC 430 is a unique three cylinder radial engine that is very compact and lightweight at only . The engine features single capacitor discharge ignition, a single Bing 49 diaphragm type carburetor and rotary valve induc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Aircraft
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Capacitor Discharge Ignition
Capacitor discharge ignition (CDI) or thyristor ignition is a type of automotive electronic ignition system which is widely used in outboard motors, motorcycles, lawn mowers, chainsaws, small engines, gas turbine-powered aircraft, and some cars. It was originally developed to overcome the long charging times associated with high inductance coils used in inductive discharge ignition (IDI) systems, making the ignition system more suitable for high engine speeds (for small engines, racing engines and rotary engines). The capacitive-discharge ignition uses capacitor to discharge current to the ignition coil to fire the spark plugs. History Nikola Tesla The history of the capacitor discharge ignition system can be traced back to the 1890s when it is believed that Nikola Tesla was the first to propose such an ignition system. In first filed February 17, 1897, Tesla writes 'Any suitable moving portion of the apparatus is caused to mechanically control the charging of a condense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air-cooled Aircraft Piston Engines
Air-cooled engines rely on the circulation of air directly over heat dissipation fins or hot areas of the engine to cool them in order to keep the engine within operating temperatures. Air-cooled designs are far simpler than their liquid-cooled counterparts, which require a separate radiator, coolant reservoir, piping and pumps. Air-cooled engines are widely seen in applications where weight or simplicity is the primary goal. Their simplicity makes them suited for uses in small applications like chainsaws and lawn mowers, as well as small generators and similar roles. These qualities also make them highly suitable for aviation use, where they are widely used in general aviation aircraft and as auxiliary power units on larger aircraft. Their simplicity, in particular, also makes them common on motorcycles. Introduction Most modern internal combustion engines are cooled by a closed circuit carrying liquid coolant through channels in the engine block and cylinder head. A fluid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Radial Engines Aircraft Engines
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Hirth 3701
The Hirth 3701 is an Inline engine (aviation), in-line three-cylinder, two-stroke, carburetor, carburetted aircraft engine, with optional fuel injection, designed for use on ultralight aircraft and small homebuilt aircraft, homebuilts. It is manufactured by Hirth of Germany. Development The 3701 was developed as a liquid-cooled and narrower installation alternative to the four-cylinder Hirth F-30 air-cooled engine of . The 3701 features triple Bing 34 mm slide carburetors or optionally fuel injection. The cylinder walls are electrochemically coated with Nikasil. Standard starting is electric start and recoil start is not available as an option. The reduction drive system available is the G-50 gearbox, with reduction ratios of 2.16:1, 2.29:1, 2.59:1, 3.16:1, or 3.65:1. The engine runs on a 50:1 pre-mix of Avgas#Automotive gasoline, unleaded 93 octane auto fuel and oil, or optionally 100:1 oil injection. Variants ;3701 high-torque/low-rpm engine :Three-cylinder in-line, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windex 1200
The Radab Windex is a family of Swedish high-wing, single-seat aerobatic gliders and motor gliders that was designed by Sven Olof Ridder and produced initially by Radab and later by WindexAir AB as a kit for amateur construction.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 60. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. ISSN 1368-485X Design and development The initial design was the unpowered model 1100. This was followed by the present production 1200C motorglider. The project started off in 1980 as a hobby design between Sven-Olof Ridder and Harald Undén, who later founded Radab to produce the design. By 1983 they had developed the custom airfoil section and tested it in a wind tunnel. The first unpowered 1100 model flew in 1985, but the following year, as they geared up for kit production the factory burnt down, including all the fibreglass molds that they had built. Only two 1200 C aircraft kits had been produced before the molds we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chasle YC-100 Hirondelle
The Chasle YC-100 Hirondelle () is a French single seat microlight designed in the 1980s. Design and development Yves Chasle worked as an Aérospatiale stress engineer and independently designed several light aircraft, starting with the Chasle YC-12 Tourbillon. His YC-100 Hirondelle is a largely wooden framed and fabric covered single-seat sports aircraft of conventional pusher layout. It has a strut braced high wing of constant chord with styrofoam ribs. The fuselage of the Hirondelle is a slender, rectangular cross-sectioned beam with the pilot's seat upon it ahead of the wing leading edge. Behind the pilot a central structure supports the wing just above head level; on its trailing edge, one of several types of small piston engine, with power outputs typically around , drives a pusher propeller. The fin is broad and straight-tapered and the horizontal tail is attached to the fuselage underside. The Hirondelle has a short, fixed tricycle undercarriage. Its first flight was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpaero Sirius
The Alpaero Sirius, also called the Noin Sirius, is a French high-wing, strut-braced, pod-and-boom, cruciform tail, single-seat motor glider that was designed by Claude Noin and produced by his company, Alpaero of Châteauvieux, Hautes-Alpes. It was available as plans for amateur construction and also as a kit, but has been discontinued.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 312. BAI Communications, July 1998. Design and development Named for the star, the prototype Sirius was made from wood, tube and aircraft fabric and first flew in August 1984. The prototype had an wingspan. The production Sirius fuselage is predominantly made from fibreglass, with wooden bulkheads. The span tapered wing has a wooden spar and Styrofoam wing ribs reinforced with fibreglass and features air brakes on the top surface for glidepath control. The wing's leading edge is fabricated from hot-wire cut foam, laminated with fibreglass. The wing and rudder are fabric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Est Goeland
The Air Est Goeland (), sometimes called the Clavé Goéland, after the designer, is a French parasol-wing, T-tailed, single-seat motor glider that was designed by Robert Clavé and produced by Air Est Services of Marly, Moselle in kit form for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 302. BAI Communications. Design and development The aim of the Goeland was to provide a viable motor glider design based on wings taken from a Scheibe Spatz glider. The kit was supplied with two fuselage halves and the tail parts only, leaving it up to the builder to secure the Spatz wings and engine to finish the aircraft. The finished aircraft is of mixed construction with a fibreglass fuselage and wood and doped aircraft fabric wings. The span wings are mounted on a short pylon above the fuselage, although other sailplane wings can be employed in place of the Spatz wings. The specified König SC 430 The König SC 430 is a three-cylind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |