D-Motor

D-Motor International
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryAerospace
Founded2010
FounderPeter Desmet
Headquarters
Deerlijk
,
Belgium
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Peter Desmet, CEO - Kathy Vercruysse, CFO
ProductsAircraft engines
SubsidiariesD-Motor Beijing, D-Motor USA, D-Motor Canada, D-Motor Germany
Websitewww.d-motor.eu
former company logo used until 2019

D-Motor is a Belgian aircraft engine manufacturer based in Deerlijk. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of aircraft engines for homebuilt and ultralight aircraft.[1][2]

The company was formed in about 2009 to develop an engine to replace the Rotax 582 and Jabiru 2200 in the Belgian Masquito M80 helicopter project. The resulting engine was first shown in 2010 in Brussels, Belgium and at the 2010 AERO Friedrichshafen show in Germany. The company raised funds from their Chinese distributor, who became an investor in the company.[3]

The company developed the four-cylinder 92 hp (69 kW) D-Motor LF26 in 2010 and then the derivative six-cylinder 125 hp (93 kW) D-Motor LF39.[1][2] Both of these Belgian horizontally-opposed engines are liquid-cooled, fuel-injected, and ultra-compact, having side-valves and extremely oversquare cylinder dimensions.

The engines have found applications in gyroplanes like the Niki Lightning as well as fixed wing aircraft, such as the BOT SC07 Speed Cruiser and the Peak Aerospace Me 109R.[1][2]

Aircraft engines

Summary of aircraft engines built by D-Motor:

References

  1. ^ a b c d Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, pages 238-239. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ^ a b c d e Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 256-257. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  3. ^ Boric, Marino (December 2014). "Introducing the D-motor". The Experimenter pages 38-42. Experimental Aircraft Association. Retrieved 1 May 2016.