The Isotta Fraschini Beta was an air cooled aircraft engine produced by the Italian engineering company

Isotta Fraschini Isotta Fraschini () was an Italian luxury car manufacturer, also producing trucks, as well as engines for marine and aviation use. Founded in Milan, Italy, in 1900 by Cesare Isotta and the brothers Vincenzo, Antonio, and Oreste Fraschini, in 19 ...

in the 1940s.

Design and development

The Isotta Fraschini derived the Beta inverted 6-cylinder in-line aircraft engine from the Gamma, with which it shared its bore and stroke. The engine had a one-piece aluminium alloy crankcase with steel and aluminium cylinders, each with a single inlet and a single exhaust valve. It had a carburettor designed by Isotta Fraschini and a single speed supercharger. It was produced in small numbers and fitted to a number of Italian training aircraft, including the

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used in limited quantities by the

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, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana and German

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during

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Variants

;Beta R.C.10 ISZ: for take-off at

Applications

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* IMAM Ro.63 *

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* * * * * {{Isotta Fraschini aeroengines Aircraft air-cooled inline piston engines 1940s aircraft piston engines Straight-six engines

Beta Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; grc, βῆτα, bē̂ta or ell, βήτα, víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labi ...