The KFM 112M is a four-cylinder, four-stroke, dual ignition, horizontally opposed aircraft engine designed for ultralight aircraft and motor gliders.[1]
The engine was designed and produced by the KFM (Komet Flight Motor) Aircraft Motors Division of Italian American Motor Engineering of Italy as a follow-on engine to their KFM 107 series and has been out of production since 1990.
The KFM 112 is a conventional four-cylinder engine that is very compact and lightweight at only 540NaN0, including the starter, alternator and carburetor. The engine features dual electronic ignition, a single OVC carburetor, hydraulic valve lifters, nickel-silicon treated cylinders and bi-metallic valves with chromed stems. It was offered without a reduction system. Starting is electric starter only.
The engine produces 620NaN0 at 3400 rpm for three minutes for take-off, 600NaN0 at 3200 rpm for five minutes and 540NaN0 at 3090 rpm continuous.