Walter Vega

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Vega
Walter Vega, radial five-cylinder
Type Radial aircraft engine
National origin Czechoslovakia
Manufacturer Walter Aircraft Engines
Designer František Adolf Barvitius
First run 1929

The Walter Vega was a five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use, built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s.

Applications[edit]

Specifications[edit]

Data from Flight.[1]

General characteristics

  • Type: five-cylinder radial engine
  • Bore: 105 mm (4.1 in)
  • Stroke: 120 mm (4.7 in)
  • Dry weight: 102.5 kg (226 lb)
  • Designer: František Adolf Barvitius

Components

  • Valvetrain: Overhead valve, one inlet and one exhaust valve per cylinder
  • Fuel system: Zenith Type 50J carburettor
  • Fuel type: Petrol
  • Oil system: Pressure and scavenge pump
  • Cooling system: Air-cooled
  • Reduction gear: Direct-drive

Performance

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Related lists

References[edit]

  1. ^ Flight - 25 July 1929, p. 762. Retrieved: 29 May 2012
  • Gunston, Bill (1986). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. p. 168.
  • Němeček, Václav (1968). Československá letadla (1918-1945), pages 368, Praha: Naše vojsko.
  • Walter Vega
  • Foreign engines at Olympia (Flight 1929, July 25, p. 778)
  • Polish PWS 8 biplane, with Walter "Vega" engine (Flight 1930, August 8, p. 888)