Radial engine by Rotec, Rotec R2800 radial aircraft engine flying on Little Wings Auto Gyro.

Light Sport & Ultralight Aircraft Information.
.....

Airfield
(by appointment ONLY)
1895 10th line east of Hwy 11
Bradford Ontario
Email the Light Sport & Ultralight Aircraft Information.
Click here to go to the
HOME PAGE

The L'il Buzzard ultralight trainer.

Top 10 reasons to consider a
L'il Buzzard!

Illiterate?... Write for FREE HELP!

Ultralight News.ca

Ultralight News.com

Ultralight Flyer.com

Click here for this months specials!

When was the last time you did maintenance on your K & N Airfilter? Is you filter safety wired? Click here to see how to clean and safety wire your airfilter!

Rotec R2800 radial aircraft engine flying on Little Wings Auto Gyro.

A number of years ago I did a story on the Rotec R2800 radial engine from Australia. Since that time I have kept an eye on it's development for possible use in one of my L'il Hustler's.

This year I saw it flying for the first time on an auto gyro called Little Wings, which like the engine on it is not your Little Wings Auto Gyro with Rotec R2800 radial engine. regular auto gyro. In fact the original fuselage used on the Little Wing was once a single place ultralight aircraft!

The Rotec R2800 is a 2800 cc, 110 HP, 7 cylinder radial engine with a dry weight of 220 lbs. The engine turns out 3700 rpm and uses a planetary speed reduction unit at a ratio of 3:2 to give a prop rpm of 2400.

The engine has an aluminum crankcase and heads, a steel 4140 nitride hardened and ground crankshaft, with 4140 steel cylinders and connecting rods.

The dual ignition system uses automotive style spark plugs. The engine comes with electric start, alternator, and voltage regulator.

Fuel is supplied via a Bing 40 mm constant depression altitude compensating carburator, using both a mechanical and electric fuel pump.

The engine uses a gear driven dry sump lubrication system, and a common auto style spin on oil filter.

Recommended TBO is 1,000 hours

For more information on the Rotec R2800 contact:
Rotec Engineering Pty Ltd
Factory 4 - 286 Boundary Road
Braeside
Victoria 3195
Australia
International dial 61 3 9587

Little Wings Auto Gyro with Rotec R2800 radial engine.

Make yourself visible to others when your flying...... Strobe lights make you visible! Click here for more information!

Ultralight News
.....

Click here to contact us via email.

Ultralight Aircraft News Web Magazine EMAIL for Tech Support - Editorial Information. You may link to these pages or print them out for your own personal use, but no part of this publication may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any human or computer language, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, manual, or otherwise, without written permission of Ultralight News. By copying or paraphrasing the intellectual property on this site, you're automatically signing a binding contract and agreeing to be billed $10,000 payable immediately. Copyright Ultralight News

Return to Main Index for this section