Walter Sagitta

The Walter Sagitta was an aircraft engine of Czech company Walter Engines as

It is an air-cooled 12 -cylinder engine in V configuration with hanging cylinders made ​​of steel. The cylinder angle was 60 °. The cylinders each had a single and an outlet valve. In principle, the motor is a double Walter Major, which was equipped with a compressor and a reduction gear corresponded. The full pressure altitude was 2000 meters. As with the major overhead valves and a camshaft below were used. The engine was powered by a single Stromberg carburetor. He came occasionally in the 1930s for use, among others, the Fokker D.XXIII and some prototypes like the Latvian VEF I- 16th

Specifications

  • Name: Walter Sagitta IRC
  • Bore: 118 mm
  • Stroke: 140 mm
  • Capacity: 18.36 l
  • Compression ratio: 5,50:1
  • Compressor Translation: 7,55:1
  • Power: 450 hp at 2600 rpm
  • Weight: 370 kg
  • Length: 1.79 m
  • Height: 0.781 m
  • Width: 0.725 m
  • Motor model ( V engine )
  • Line engine (aviation )
  • Propeller engine
VEF I-16
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