This company is dedicated to the manufacture of small sports engines with a range for application to motorized para-gliders and ULM.

-And as we will see attempts for future VLAs.

-It is based in San Dalmazio di Serramazzoni, MO. The first engine would be the Mini 2 and 2 Plus. These are two-stroke, air-cooled engines with belt gear.

“Mini 2 Plus, with muffler, front and rear view”

-Initially, Simonini engines appeared as Mini and Victor, with the types written in Roman numerals: (I, II, etc.).

-Now clearly the engine type numbers are in Arabic: (1, 2, etc).

-The Mini 2 Plus is suitable for use on para-motors, single-seat trikes or motor-gliders.

-The ignition is of the mono-Ducatti electronic type and the engine has a displacement of 202 cc.

-The carburetor is a Walbro and its power is 28 HP at 7,200 rpm.

-As we can see, it has a visible reducer and a crown for electric starting.

-The Mini 3 has a displacement of 270 cc and the maximum power is 33 HP at 7,000 rpm.

“Simonini, Mini 3”

-The Mini 4 engine is smaller as it has a displacement of 164 cc for a power of 20 HP at 7,000 rpm. (22 HP at 7,200).

-The motor weighs 9 Kg and the propeller another 2.2 Kg. Do not forget that on a para-motor it is “hung” on the pilot's back, at the time of departure.

-We see the Mini 4 first without exhaust pipes and in the lower image with one.

“Mini 4”

“Mini 4 with exhaust pipe”

-The gears that are offered have various ratios such as 1/226, 1/230 or 1/234.

-As we see, when installed on a para-motor, the exhaust is filigree to adapt to the caged propeller.

“Victor I, rear view drawing”

“Victor I, front view drawing”

-The Victor I with a displacement of 382 cc gives a variable power depending on the rotation speed, for example, at 3,000 rpm it gives 15 HP, at 5,000 rpm it gives 35 HP and 44 HP at 6,500 rpm.

“Victor I”

-It is a two-stroke, single-cylinder engine with double Ducatti electronic ignition.

-It is geared by a Poly-V pulley and the reduction ratio is 1:270.

-It is mixed liquid-air cooled, and it has an electric starter and Bing or Mikuni carburetor. The intake has Lamellar type blades.

-The exhaust system is the type that goes into “resonance” to gain revolutions and power.

“Victor 1 Plus”

-The Victor 2 and 2-Plus are twin-cylinders, like the Victor 1 Plus, but the reduction gear is mechanical. It has two carburetors. The differences may be that the 2 has a displacement of 724 cc and the Plus 764 cc.

-For this reason, the 2 simple gives 92 HP of maximum power while the Plus goes up to 102 HP. Both rotating at 6,200 rpm. (It is known that the first generation Victor II had a displacement of 688 cc).

“Victor 2 Plus”

-Finally, at the beginning of the 2000s, a Simonini 4-stroke engine was being prepared, a four-cylinder, water-cooled boxer giving 100 HP and up.

“Simonini 4-cylinder boxer”

-The base is that of the Porsche 914 and completely made of aluminum.

-It was in the testing stage when the first edition of this publication appeared in 2003.

-We recovered information about Simonini, prepared for a new edition but now included.

-Around 1995, the Simonini company offered two models of engines for use in paragliding and ULM.

-The motorized para-glider has 26 HP and weighs 12 Kg.

-Curiously, it gave a thrust of 70 Kg with a direct propeller extension on a 90 cm diameter crankshaft and weighing 90 Kg with gear and a 140 cm diameter propeller.

-It had the possibility of hand or electric starting.

“Simonini, 26 CV”

-The other engine is 72 HP, 90° V-twin. It weighs 34 Kg, and it has double ignition, two Bing carburetors with two resonance expansions.

“Simonini, 72 CV”

From Appendix 9: At the time of writing the Simonini Mini 2 model in version ID-04.

“The updated Mini 2”