Austro Engine is an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n manufacturer of aircraft engines based at

Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt (; ; Central Bavarian: ''Weana Neistod'') is a city located south of Vienna, in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land Distr ...

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...

History

The production site and headquarters was built in 2007 with an investment of

EUR The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens ...

13 Million. The company was founded by

Diamond Aircraft Industries Diamond Aircraft Industries is a Chinese-owned manufacturer of general aviation aircraft and motor gliders, based in Austria. It is the third largest manufacturer of aircraft for the general aviation sector, and has manufacturing facilities i ...

and partners. The products are

reciprocating engine A reciprocating engine, also often known as a piston engine, is typically a heat engine that uses one or more reciprocating pistons to convert high temperature and high pressure into a rotating motion. This article describes the common fea ...

s and

Wankel engine The Wankel engine (, ) is a type of internal combustion engine using an eccentric rotary design to convert pressure into rotating motion. It was invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, and designed by German engineer Hanns-Dieter Paschke. ...

s. The Wankel aero-engines are developed from the

MidWest AE series The MidWest AE series are lightweight, liquid-cooled, single- and twin-rotor Wankel engines, with dual ignition, designed for light aircraft. They were produced by Mid-West Engines Ltd. at Staverton Airport, Gloucestershire, UK. History This en ...

engines developed at Staverton by MidWest, a UK firm that was bought by Diamond.

Products

Austro Engine E4 (AE 300)

Reciprocating four-cylinder, four-stroke

diesel aircraft engine Diesel may refer to: * Diesel engine, an internal combustion engine where ignition is caused by compression * Diesel fuel, a liquid fuel used in diesel engines * Diesel locomotive, a railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine ...

, marketed as the AE 300, it produces 170 hp (127 kW). Certified through the European Aviation Safety Agency

EASA The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) with responsibility for civil aviation safety. It carries out certification, regulation and standardisation and also performs investigation and monitori ...

on January 28, 2009 and through the FAA on July 29, 2009. The E4 is installed on various types of Diamond Aircraft Industries aircraft.

Austro Engine AE 330

Derived from the AE300, the AE 330 produces an increased 180hp (132kW) of power. Two AE330s are used to power the

Diamond DA62 The Diamond DA62 is a five- to seven-seat, twin-engine light aircraft produced by Diamond Aircraft Industries and first announced in March 2012. The prototype, designated as the DA52, first flew on 3 April 2012 after six months of development. In ...

AE50R

Single rotor

with displacement, and a weight of .Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', pages 238-239. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X The AE50R is installed on the Schleicher ASH 30,

Schleicher ASH 31 The ASH 31 is a single seat Glider competition classes#Open Class, Open Class Glider (sailplane), glider which can also be flown in the Glider competition classes#18 Class, 18 metre class configuration. Design and development The ASH 31 was anno ...

and

Schiebel Camcopter S-100 The Schiebel Camcopter S-100 is an Austrian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using a rotorcraft design. Design and development Produced by the Austrian company Schiebel, it was developed from 2003 to 2005. With a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of ...

AE75R

Further development of the AE50R. No certification. Twin rotor, , (max) at 7000 rpm, .Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', pages 256-257. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

AE80R

Another development of the AE50R with a power output of , announced in January 2013.

AE200

3-cylinder inline, . Intended to power a diesel variant of the

Diamond DA20 The Diamond DV20/DA20 Katana is an Austrian-designed two-seat general aviation light aircraft. Developed and manufactured by Diamond Aircraft, it was originally produced in Austria as the DV20. The DV20 shares many features from the earlier Diam ...

AE500

Based on

Steyr Motors Steyr Motors () is an Austrian manufacturer of Diesel-engines based in Steyr, Upper-Austria. History Steyr Motors originated in the diesel engine division of the earlier Steyr-Daimler-Puch group. In 2001, it became an independent company throu ...

' M1 3.2 liter "Monoblock", the AE500 (6-cylinder, ) is the result of the cooperation between the two companies. It was intended for use in the

Diamond DA50 The Diamond DA50 is a five seat, single-engine, composite aircraft designed and built by Diamond Aircraft Industries. First shown in 2006, it made its maiden flight on 4 April 2007. The project has been proposed to be powered by several differ ...

but was instead replaced with the

Continental CD-300 The Thielert Centurion is a series of Aircraft Diesel engine, Diesel cycle aircraft engines for general aviation originally built by Thielert, which was bought by Aviation Industry Corporation of China's Tecnify Motors subsidiary and is curre ...

Austro Engine GIAE110R

Twin rotor Wankel engine with displacement, and a weight of . Does not seem to have been placed in production.

References

External links

Official Austro Engine website

Diamond Aircraft North America

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