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Walter Pollux

1930s Czech piston aircraft engine

Field	Value
name	Pollux
image	Letecké muzeum Kbely (86).jpg
caption	Walter Pollux IIR
engine_type	Radial aero engine
national_origin	Czechoslovakia
manufacturer	Walter Aircraft Engines
first_run	1936

The Walter Pollux is a Czechoslovak nine-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine, built by Walter Aircraft Engines for powering light aircraft and that first ran in 1936. The engine produces 320 hp at 1,800 rpm.

The first known use was on the Fieseler F 2 Tiger in 1934.

Variants

;Pollux II :Direct drive engine ;Pollux II-R :Geared engine, reduction ratio 0.666:1

Applications

Aero A.204
Avia B.122
Fieseler F2 Tiger
Praga BH-41

Engines on display

A preserved example of the Walter Pollux engine is on display at the following museum:

Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely

Specifications (Pollux II)

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References

(1989). "World encyclopaedia of aero engines". P. Stephens.
(November 2000). "unknown". Flug Revue.
(26 November 1936). "ENGINES at the PARIS SHOW". Flight.
(1931). "Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931". Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd.

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