Zündapp 9-092 Explained

The Zündapp 9–092 or Z 92 was a German four-cylinder, air-cooled, inline aero engine made by Zündapp and used in light aircraft of the late-1930s.^[1]

Design and development

The engine was developed from the smaller Zündapp 9-090. This inverted engine featured dual gear-driven camshafts with the valve rocker cover acting as the oil tank. It featured a single Bosch magneto ignition system. A total of approximately 200 engines were produced.

Applications

• Braunschweig LF-1 Zaunkönig
• Bücker Bü 180
• Fieseler Fi 253
• Gotha Go 150
• Klemm Kl 105
• Möller Stürmer
• Siebel Si 202

Engines on display

• Preserved examples of the 9-092 engine are on public display at the Deutsches Museum, Munich and Technikmuseum Dessau.

Further reading

• Book: Gersdorff . Kyrill von . Schubert . Helmut . Ebert . Stefan . Flugmotoren und Strahltriebwerke : Entwicklungsgeschichte der deutschen Luftfahrtantriebe von den Anfängen bis zu den internationalen Gemeinschaftsentwicklungen . German . Bernard & Graefe . 978-3-7637-6128-9 . 4. erg. und erw. Aufl.

Notes and References

1. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1938/1938%20-%201629.html Flight - 'The Belgrade Show' - 9 June 1938, p. 561.