Alfa Romeo 115

Alfa Romeo 110 and 115
Alfa Romeo 115
Type	Piston aircraft engine
Manufacturer	Alfa Romeo
First run	1930s
Number built	110 ~500 115 ~1,600

The Alfa Romeo 115 and 110 were aircooled inverted inline engines for aircraft use, mainly for training, recognition and light planes. The 115 was a six-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted inline engine for aircraft use produced in Italy between 1936 and 1956 1600 units. The Alfa Romeo 110 was an inline-four air-cooled aircraft engine with approximately 500 units produced. Both these engine types were based on the de Havilland Gipsy Six engine.

Contents 1 Alfa Romeo 110 1.1 Specifications 1.2 Applications 2 Alfa Romeo 110ter 2.1 Specifications 2.2 Applications 3 Alfa Romeo 115 3.1 Specifications 3.2 Applications 4 Alfa Romeo 115bis 4.1 Specifications 4.2 Applications 5 Alfa Romeo 115ter 5.1 Specifications 5.2 Applications 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References

Alfa Romeo 110

Specifications

• Power output:89 kW (120 hp)

Applications

• Ambrosini SAI.10
• Fiat G.2 (G.2/2 variant)
• CANSA C.5B/1
• CANT Z.1010 Balilla (one prototype)^[1]
• CANT Z.1012
• Saiman 202

Alfa Romeo 110ter

Specifications

• Power output:97-108 kW (130-145 hp)

Applications

• Ambrosini S.1001
• Agusta CP-110

Alfa Romeo 115

Specifications

• Power output:89 kW (120 hp)

Applications

• Ambrosini SAI.2S (version 115-I)
• Ambrosini SAI.3
• Bestetti BN. 1 (one prototype)^[2]
• Breda Ba.75 (prototypes)
• Breda Ba.79S
• CANT Z.1012 (or 110)
• Caproni Ca.164
• Caproni Ca.309 Ghibli (version 115-II)
• Nardi FN.305
• Nardi FN.315
• Saiman 200

Alfa Romeo 115bis

Specifications

• Power output:145 kW (195 hp)

Applications

• Fiat G.46-1B^[3]
• Fiat G.46-3B and G.46-4B

Alfa Romeo 115ter

Specifications

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54^[4]

General characteristics

• Type: six-cylinder inverted air-cooled inline engine
• Bore: 118 mm (4.65 in)
• Stroke: 140 mm (5.52 in)
• Displacement: 9.186 L (560.6 in³)
• Length: 1,642 mm (64.7 in)
• Width: 498 mm (19.6 in)
• Height: 825 mm (32.5 in)
• Dry weight: 233 kg (515 lb)

Components

• Valvetrain: Two valves per cylinder, sodium-cooled exhaust valves
• Fuel system: Two downdraught carburettors
• Fuel type: 100/130 grade
• Oil system: Pressure type. One pressure and three scavenger pumps
• Cooling system: Air-cooled

Performance

• Power output: 168 kW (225 hp) (max power), 160 kW (215 hp) (normal)
• Compression ratio: 6.5:1
• Specific fuel consumption: 150 g/hp/hr (0.55 lb/hp/hr) (take-off)
• Oil consumption: 2.5 kg/hr (5.5 lb/hr)
• Power-to-weight ratio: 0.72 kW/kg (0.44 hp/lb)

Applications

• Ambrosini S.7
• Fiat G.46-A, G.46-3A and G.46-4A

See also

Comparable engines

• Cirrus Minor and Major
• de Havilland Gipsy and Gipsy Major
• Elizalde Tigre IV
• Hirth HM 504
• Menasco C4 and B6/B6S
  

Related lists

• List of aircraft engines
  

Notes

References

• Bridgman, Leonard (ed.) (1953). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54. London: Jane's. 
• Gunston, Bill (1986). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Wellingborough: Patrick Stephens. pp. 9. 
• "Alfa Romeo AEREI Collezione Modelli di Marco Rigoni Settembre 2005" (PDF). aerei-italiani.net. http://www.aerei-italiani.net/Marco_Rigoni/Alfa%20Romeo_Album%20Modelli%20Aerei_Nov.05.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-25. 

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