Walter Atom

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Type Piston aircraft engine
National origin Czechoslovakia
Manufacturer Walter Aircraft Engines
First run 1934

The Walter Atom is an air-cooled horizontal two-cylinder engine used on light aircraft. The Atom is a Czechoslovakian engine first produced in 1934.

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Specifications (Atom)

General characteristics

Components

Performance

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