ULPower UL260i

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UL260i
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Type Piston aircraft engine
Manufacturer ULPower
Major applications Micro Aviation Bantam

The ULPower UL260i is a family of aircraft engines, produced by ULPower in Belgium.

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Design

The UL260i series are all lightweight, four-cylinder, four-stroke, horizontally-opposed, air-cooled, direct drive engine designs that feature FADEC with multipoint fuel injection and dual ignition systems. [1]

Variants

UL260i
Base model, fuel injection, compression ratio of 8.16:1, producing 97 hp (72 kW) [1] [2]
UL260iS
Model with a higher compression ratio of 9.10:1, fuel injection, producing 107 hp (80 kW) [3]
UL260iSA
Aerobatic model with a higher compression ratio of 9.10:1, fuel injection, producing 107 hp (80 kW) [4]
UL260iF
Model with a higher compression ratio of 9.10:1, fuel injection, producing 100 hp (75 kW), due to French regulatory requirements. [5]

Applications

Specifications

Data from Tacke [1]

General characteristics

Components

Performance

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, pages 262-263. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN   1368-485X
  2. ULPower Aero Engines. "UL260i". ulpower.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. ULPower Aero Engines. "UL260iS". ulpower.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  4. ULPower Aero Engines. "UL260iSA". ulpower.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ULPower Aero Engines. "UL260iF". ulpower.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  6. ULPower installation, Onex