Aerospace Engines A to Z
Aerospace Engines A to Z

Updated: 28-Oct-2020

This Australian brand has developed engines for UAVs, of small displacement and running on HFE, heavy fuel such as Jet-A1, Jet-A4, Jet-A5 etc.

-It uses preheaters for fuel so that it can be ignited by normal spark plugs.

Orbital engine for UAV
“Orbital engine for UAV”

-This is "Orbital Corp. Ltd."

-The name given to this Orbital engine is "Redback". It is a two-cylinder boxer.

-The "Flex D-1" for Aerosonde UAV. Works with spark plugs and diesel fuel. JP-5 kerosene for naval operations and JP-8, kerosene for land operations.

From Appendix 12: It is Orbital Heavy Fuel Engines. The engine designed is multi-fuel for UAV.

Orbital HFE Cylinder cutaway
"HFE cylinder section"

Back section of the UAV Scan Eagle
"Rear section of the UAV Scan Eagle"

Engines of ORBITAL

Model: Heavy Fuel Engine, HFE-1

Arquitecture:
Cooling:
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke: x
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Model: Redback (UAV)

Arquitecture:
Cooling:
Total Displacement:
Bore / Stroke: x
Power:
Weight:

Other details: