Avia M137

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Avia M137A, serial number 792470X, shipped in June 1979

The Avia M137 , also M 137 or M-137 , is a Czechoslovak aircraft engine . It was developed around the end of the 1960s from the M337 from 1959 for use in school , sports and touring aircraft from the manufacturer Zlín . The first series version had an output of 160 hp (118 kW).

construction

The M137 is a suspended, air-cooled six - cylinder four-stroke in - line engine with an electric starter . It has a low-pressure injection pump , which together with the equally designed for this purpose oil system aerobatics including prolonged inverted flight possible. The fuel is injected upstream of the suction valve.

commitment

Technical specifications

Parameter Data (M137A)
Manufacturer Avia, Praha
Developing country CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
Design air-cooled six - cylinder four-stroke in - line engine
drilling 105 mm
Hub 115 mm
Displacement 5.97 l
Compression ratio 6.3: 1
length 1360 mm
width 443 mm
height 628 mm
Dry matter
with electric starter
137 kg
Starting power 180 hp (132 kW) at 2750 rpm
Continuous maximum output 160 PS (118 kW) at 2680 rpm
Octane number 72

literature

  • Heinz AF Schmidt: Aero engines of socialist countries . In: Flieger-Jahrbuch 1971 . Transpress, Berlin 1970, p. 102

Web links

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