Cuyuna 430
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The Cuyuna 430 and Cuyuna 340 are a family of two-stroke, twin-cylinder piston snowmobile engines that were redesigned to serve as ultralight aircraft powerplants.[1][2]
Development
While developing the Pterodactyl Pfledge flying wing ultralight in the late 1970s, designer Jack McCornack experimented with a number of possible engines. Early flights used a German-made Sachs engine, but the high exchange rate and long lead times for this engine convinced him to try other options.[2]
McCornack settled on a snowmobile engine produced by the Cuyuna Development Company as having the best potential. In 1979 he modified the engine with a crankcase extension, an additional main bearing, lowered the compression ratio using an additional head gasket and substituted a smaller Script error: No such module "convert". Mikuni carburetor, amongst other modifications. The original snowmobile engine produced Script error: No such module "convert".. Lowering the compression ratio not only de-rated the engine, but also made pull-starting easier and allowed it to run on lower-octane regular auto fuel. The resulting engine worked well, was de-rated to produce Script error: No such module "convert". at 5,500 rpm and proved reliable in service.[2]
Citing liability concerns over producing a two-stroke engine for human-carrying aircraft applications, Cuyuna declined to produce the modified engine. Instead, Cuyuna decided that the resulting engine was different enough from the base snowmobile engine that they would supply assembled and test-run shortblocks as parts to McCornack's company, Pterodactyl Limited, who would then complete the engines and be the manufacturer, allowing Cuyuna to continue producing snowmobile engines.[2]
After two years of poor sales of snowmobiles, due to a dearth of snow and no lawsuits against Pterodactyl Limited regarding the engine, Cuyuna agreed to build the engines themselves.[2]
The 430 was also produced in a reduced Script error: No such module "convert". bore version called the 340. The modification reduced its displacement to 339 cc and output to Script error: No such module "convert". at 5500 rpm. The standard 430 has a bore of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1]
Variants
- 340D
- Direct drive version, Script error: No such module "convert". at 5500 rpm, recoil starter.[1]
- 340R
- Reduction drive version using a belt drive system, Script error: No such module "convert". at 5500 rpm, recoil starter[1]
- 430D
- Direct drive version, Script error: No such module "convert". at 5500 rpm, recoil starter.[1][2]
- 430F
- Reduction drive version using a 3:1 gearbox system, dual carburetors, producing Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
- 430R
- Reduction drive version using a belt drive system, Script error: No such module "convert". at 5500 rpm, recoil starter[1][2]
- UL II
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Applications
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Specifications (430D)
Data from Cuyuna[1] & McCornack[2]
General characteristics
- Type: Direct drive two-stroke piston aircraft engine
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- Stroke: Script error: No such module "convert".
- Displacement: 428 cc (26.11 cubic inches)
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- Designer: McCornack/Cuyuna
Components
- Fuel type: Regular auto fuel
- Oil system: 40:1 premixed fuel and oil
- Cooling system: fan forced air
Performance
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- Compression ratio: 12.5:1
- Power-to-weight ratio: 0.46 hp/lb (0.76 kW/kg)
References
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