Austro Engine E4
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The Austro Engine E4 (marketed as the AE 300) is a liquid-cooled, inline, four-cylinder, four-stroke, aircraft diesel engine. The engine is manufactured by Austro Engine, an Austrian-based company and subsidiary of Diamond Aircraft Industries.
Development
The engine is based on the Mercedes-Benz OM640 road Diesel engine.
Following Diamond's "General Aviation Single Point of Contact" strategy, Austro Engine started to design a new engine for use on Diamond products in 2005. It received its type certificate in January 2009.
Applications
Specifications (E4)
Data from Austro Engine and type certificate
General characteristics
- Type: Four-cylinder, four-stroke diesel aircraft engine
- Bore: 83mm (3.3in)
- Stroke: 92mm (3.6in)
- Displacement: 1,991cm3 (121cuin)
- Length: 738mm (29in)
- Width: 855mm (34in)
- Height: 574mm (23in)
- Dry weight: 186kg (410lb)
- Mean time between failures: > 100,000 h
- Time between overhauls: 1,800 h
Components
- Fuel type: Kerosene and diesel (EN 590)
- Cooling system: liquid-cooled
- Reduction gear: Gearbox with 1:1.69 ratio
Performance
- Power output: 168hp (125kW) (maximum takeoff and continuous power) at up to 2,300 propeller RPM
- Specific power: 1.38hp/cuin (62.80kW/L)
- Fuel consumption: 35L/h (9.25USgal/h) at 100% power, and
19L/h (5.02USgal/h) at 60% power
- Power-to-weight ratio: 0.41hp/lb (0.67kW/kg)
- Torque: 512 Nm (maximum)