RED A03

RED A03 from the right

The RED A03 is a V12 diesel aircraft engine from the German manufacturer RED Aircraft GmbH from Adenau . In 2014 it received approval from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for all CS / Part-23 aircraft. It is currently used in the Jak-152 trainer . The A03 is the most powerful diesel aircraft engine currently in production.

development

Test aircraft

The A03 was developed by Wladimir Raichlin and his company Raichlin Engine Development (RED) GmbH to offer a cost-effective alternative to the existing piston aircraft engines , which are usually very old and use aviation fuel (exception: Technify , formerly Thielert from Saxony) . It costs about $ 170,000.

The A03 has a single lever FADEC .

The flight tests were carried out with a Jak-52 ( aircraft registration LY-RAD).

Technical specifications

V12 four-stroke diesel, DOHC with 80 ° bank angle
2 turbochargers with intercoolers
Common rail injection
Take-off power: 368 kW (500 PS) at 2127 rpm
Travel power: 338 kW (460 PS) at 1995 / min
Specific consumption: 210 g / kWh
Displacement: 6134 cm³
Bore: 86 mm
Stroke: 88 mm
Fuel: kerosene, diesel fuel
Dry weight: 363 kg
Width: 850 mm
Depth: 1100 mm
Height: 750 mm
Reduction propeller gear: 1: 1.88

Installations

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m E.150 - Type-Certificate Data Sheet - RED A03 series engines. (pdf) (No longer available online.) European Aviation Safety Agency, December 19, 2014, archived from the original on September 10, 2016 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English).
^ First flight for Yak-152 trainers. In: flightglobal.com. October 5, 2016, accessed on May 23, 2018 .
↑ Russ Niles: 500 Horsepower V-12 Turbo Diesel Engine From Germany. In: avweb.com. July 29, 2012, accessed May 23, 2018 .
↑ Flight tests. red-aircraft.com, accessed May 23, 2018 .
↑ Product - RED aircraft GmbH. Retrieved April 17, 2020 (American English).
↑ Russia to Complete the Development of Altius Heavy UAV This Year - DefPost. In: defpost.com. May 11, 2018, accessed July 9, 2018 .
↑ Sebastian Steinke: The newly developed CFRP pusher Celera 500L should already fly. In: Flugrevue.de. November 11, 2019, accessed August 27, 2020 .

Web links

Commons : RED A03 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

A03 on the manufacturer's website
Red Aircraft GmbH. In: klartext-portal.de. Retrieved May 23, 2018 .

[tcds-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m E.150 - Type-Certificate Data Sheet - RED A03 series engines. (pdf) (No longer available online.) European Aviation Safety Agency, December 19, 2014, archived from the original on September 10, 2016 ; accessed on May 23, 2018 (English).

[2] First flight for Yak-152 trainers. In: flightglobal.com. October 5, 2016, accessed on May 23, 2018 .

[3] Russ Niles: 500 Horsepower V-12 Turbo Diesel Engine From Germany. In: avweb.com. July 29, 2012, accessed May 23, 2018 .

[4] Flight tests. red-aircraft.com, accessed May 23, 2018 .

[5] Product - RED aircraft GmbH. Retrieved April 17, 2020 (American English).

[6] Russia to Complete the Development of Altius Heavy UAV This Year - DefPost. In: defpost.com. May 11, 2018, accessed July 9, 2018 .

[7] Sebastian Steinke: The newly developed CFRP pusher Celera 500L should already fly. In: Flugrevue.de. November 11, 2019, accessed August 27, 2020 .