The Limbach L1700 is a series of type certified German aircraft engines, designed and produced by Limbach Flugmotoren of Königswinter for use in light aircraft and motorgliders.
Contents
- Design and development
- Variants
- Specifications L1700 EOEC
- General characteristics
- Components
- Performance
- References
The series were originally designated as the SL1700 under its former certification and was changed to L1700 by company Service Bulletin no. 17.
Design and development
The L1700 is a four-cylinder four-stroke, horizontally-opposed air-cooled, gasoline direct-dive engine design, based upon the Volkswagen air-cooled engine. It employs a single magneto ignition, one carburettor, is lubricated by a wet sump and produces 50 kW (67 hp) at 3600 rpm.
The L1700 was type certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency on 4 August 2006. The first engines in the series had originally been certified by the German Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) on 6 December 1971.
Variants
Specifications (L1700 EO/EC)
Data from World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12