Avia M 332
1950s Czechoslovak piston aircraft engine
title: "Avia M 332" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["walter-aircraft-engines", "aircraft-air-cooled-inline-piston-engines", "1950s-aircraft-piston-engines", "inverted-aircraft-piston-engines", "1958-introductions"] description: "1950s Czechoslovak piston aircraft engine" topic_path: "general/walter-aircraft-engines" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avia_M_332" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary 1950s Czechoslovak piston aircraft engine ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | M 332 |
| image | Walter M-332 MLP 06.jpg |
| caption | Walter M 332 on display at the Polish Aviation Museum |
| engine_type | four-cylinder inverted inline piston engine |
| national_origin | Czechoslovakia |
| manufacturer | Walter Aircraft Engines/Avia/LOM |
| designer | Bohumil Šimůnek |
| major_applications | |
| :: |
|name =M 332 |image =Walter M-332 MLP 06.jpg |caption=Walter M 332 on display at the Polish Aviation Museum |engine_type =four-cylinder inverted inline piston engine |national_origin =Czechoslovakia |manufacturer =Walter Aircraft Engines/Avia/LOM |designer =Bohumil Šimůnek |major_applications = |produced = |number_built= The Avia M 332 (originally known as the Walter M332) is an air-cooled four-cylinder inverted inline engine. It was designed by Bohumil Šimůnek, of Motorlet Walter Aircraft Engines, as a more powerful replacement for the four-cylinder Walter Minor engine, going into production in 1958. Piston aircraft engine production was transferred from Walter to Avia in 1964, the engine becoming the Avia M 332.
Applications
- Aero 145
- Carlson Criquet
- Frontier MD-II
- Fry Esprit VFII
- Kharkov KhAI-24
- Orličan L-40 Meta Sokol
- Rolandas Kalinauskas RK-5 Ruth
Specifications
and start a new, fully formatted line with -- |ref=Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971-72 |type=4-cylinder inverted air-cooled supercharged inline engine |bore=105 mm (4.13 in) |stroke=115 mm (4.53 in) |displacement=3.98 L (247.9 in³) |length=1,102 mm (43.4 in) |diameter= |width=425 mm (16.7 in) |height=628 mm (24.7in) |weight=102 kg (225 lb) |valvetrain=two camshaft operated valves per cylinder, sodium filled exhaust valve |supercharger=Centrifugal |turbocharger= |fuelsystem=Low pressure fuel injection |fueltype=Min 72 octane unleaded or 80 octane leaded |oilsystem=Dry sump pressure feed |coolingsystem=Air-cooling |power=104 kW (140 hp) at 2,700 rpm (take-off) |specpower= |compression= |fuelcon= |specfuelcon= |oilcon= |power/weight= |designer= |reduction_gear= |general_other= |components_other= |performance_other=
References
References
- J W R Taylor 1971,pp.629-630.
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