Zoche aero-diesel

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Zoche aero-diesel
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Seat Munich , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Michael Zoche
Branch aviation
Website www.zoche.de

Light diesel aircraft engine from Zoche in the Deutsches Museum Bonn

The Zoche aero-diesel is a German company based in Munich specializing in two-stroke diesel engines for airplanes . The engines are compared to the usual petrol - aircraft engines lighter, thanks to compact design as a radial engine . For this new design practically all engine parts had to be redeveloped, for which Michael Zoche received the Philip Morris Research Award in 1992 .

Products

  • ZO 01A: 110 kW, 4 cylinders, 84 kg
  • ZO 02A: 220 kW, 8 cylinders, 123 kg
  • ZO 03A: 051 kW, 2 cylinders, 055 kg

The specific consumption is approx. 212 g / kWh (75% max. Continuous output)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deutsches Museum Bonn : The light diesel aircraft engine , accessed on March 2, 2015