Walter Vega
{{short description|1930s Czech piston aircraft engine}}
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The Walter Vega was a five-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine for aircraft use, built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s.
Applications
Specifications
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|type=five-cylinder radial engine
|bore=105 mm (4.1 in)
|stroke=120 mm (4.7 in)
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|weight=102.5 kg (226 lb)
|valvetrain=Overhead valve, one inlet and one exhaust valve per cylinder
|supercharger=
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|fuelsystem=Zenith Type 50J carburettor
|fueltype=Petrol
|oilsystem=Pressure and scavenge pump
|coolingsystem=Air-cooled
|power=63 kW (85 hp) at 1,750 rpm
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|compression=5.15:1
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|power/weight=0.61 kW/kg (0.37 hp/lb)
|designer= František Adolf Barvitius
|reduction_gear=Direct-drive
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See also
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References
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- {{cite book |last= Gunston |first= Bill |title=World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines |year=1986 |publisher=Patrick Stephens |location= Wellingborough |pages=168 }}
- Němeček, Václav (1968). Československá letadla (1918-1945), pages 368, Praha: Naše vojsko.
- [https://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/36351#136723 Walter Vega]
- [https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%200535.html?search=Vega Foreign engines at Olympia (Flight 1929, July 25, p. 778)]
- [https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1929/1929-1%20-%200535.html?search=Vega Polish PWS 8 biplane, with Walter "Vega" engine (Flight 1930, August 8, p. 888)]
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Category:Aircraft air-cooled radial piston engines