The König SC 430 is a three-cylinder,
two-stroke
A two-stroke (or two-stroke cycle) engine is a type of internal combustion engine that completes a power cycle with two strokes of the piston, one up and one down, in one revolution of the crankshaft in contrast to a four-stroke engine which re ...
, single ignition
radial aircraft engine
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designed for
powered paraglider
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s and single place
ultralight trike
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s.
[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
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,
Germany
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. The design was sold to Zanzottera Technologies of
Italy
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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
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,
Canada
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.
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.
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
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, a single Bing 49 diaphragm type carburetor and rotary valve induction. When last built by Compact Radial Engines it was currently offered without a reduction drive, although when Zanzottera built it a 1.75:1 cog belt reduction drive was available. Starting is electric starter only and a
recoil starter is not an option.
[Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 73. BAI Communications. ]
Earlier versions produced at 4200 rpm with a slide-type carburetor and reduction drive. The Compact Radial Engines version is rated at at 4200 rpm.
Time between overhaul is rated as 300 hours.
The SC 430 shares the same bore and stroke as the larger four cylinder
König SD 570
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radial engine.
Variants
;Zanzottera SC 430
:Three cylinder, two stroke, single ignition, radial aircraft engine producing at 4200 rpm. Equipped with a slide-type carburetor and reduction drive.
;Compact Radial Engines SC 430
:Three cylinder, two stroke, single ignition, radial aircraft engine producing at 4200 rpm. Equipped with a Bing 49 diaphragm type carburetor and no reduction drive.
Applications
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Air Est Goeland
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Alpaero Sirius
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Chasle YC-100 Hirondelle
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UTIAS Ornithopter No.1
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Windex 1200
Specifications (CR 430)
See also
References
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Compact Radial Engines aircraft engines
Zanzottera aircraft engines
Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
Two-stroke aircraft piston engines
Radial engines