Production of the Minié 4.D series of air-cooled, flat four engines began before
World War II and resumed afterwards into the 1950s.
Design and development
Établissements Victor Minié, based in
Colombes
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Name
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, only built low power
flat-four aircraft engines, always using light alloy castings. Their first three known types, the 4 B0 Horus, 4 E0 Horus and 4 E2 Horus, produced only , and respectively. The 4 B0 was available with either single or dual ignition but all others had dual ignition.
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The 4.D series, also dual ignition engines, were larger and more powerful. Production began in 1938. Halted by the Occupation of France during World War II, it began again in 1946, continuing until the company closed in 1954. Apart from the D4 Horus, all post-war engines had separate head and cylinder castings rather than the pre-war pairs.][
The name ]Horus
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was used with all Minié's engines from the mid-1930s until 1949.[
]
Variants
''Data from'' Erickson[ ''unless noted.''
;4.D0 Horus: 1938. First of D series. Heads and cylinders cast in pairs. Bore/stroke , capacity , power .
;4.D4 Horus: 1946-8. Version of 4.D0 with same paired heads and cylinders. Specifications also as 4.D0.
;4.DA.25: 1946-53. Separate heads and cylinders. Power at 2,430 rpm.
;4.DA.28 Horus: 1946-53. Horus name dropped in 1949. Bore/stroke , capacity , power at 2,450 rpm.
;4.DC.32: 1949-53. The most widely used variant in terms of number of applications; more than 150 units built. Bore/stroke , capacity , power at 2,575 rpm.
;4.DF.28: 1953-4. Bore/stroke , capacity , power at 2,450 rpm.
;4.DG.00: 1953-4. Cylinders with hemispherical heads.][ Bore/stroke , capacity , power at 2,250 rpm.
]
Applications
''Data from'' Erickson[ ''unless noted.''
4.D4 Horus
* Duverne-Saran 01][
4.DA.25 Horus
* Mauboussin M.129][
4.DA.28
* Jodel D.114][
* Mauboussin M.129/48
* Morane-Saulnier MS.602][
* Nord NC.851
4.DC.32
*]Adam RA-14 Loisirs
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Design and production
The Loisirs ("Leisure") was designed in May 1945 by Roger Adam and built by ''Etablissements Aeronaut ...
* Bearn GY-201 Minicab
* Brochet MB.71
*Brochet MB.80
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Design and development
The MB.80 was a derivative of the Brochet MB.70, using essentially the same airframe, but with a redesigned wider fuselage and revised ...
* Chatelain AC.5[
* Druine Turbi
*]Indraéro Aéro 101 __NOTOC__
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Design and service
It was a conventional design with single-bay staggered wings braced with an I-strut, and fixed tailskid undercarriage with divide ...
* Jodel D.111
* Max Plan PF.204/14 Busard
* Nord NC.853
* SIPA S.901
*SNCASO SO.7055 Deauville
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Development
I ...
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*]Starck AS-80 Holiday
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Design and development
The Holiday is wood framed and fa ...
4.DF.28
* Leopoldoff L.6 Colibri
Engines on display
*4.D4 Horus at the Flugausstellung Peter Junior
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The museum opened in July 1973 in several buildings with a covered a ...
in Hermeskeil
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Data
Hermeskeil is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeind ...
, Germany
Specifications (Minié 4.DC.32)
References
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Air-cooled aircraft piston engines
1930s aircraft piston engines