The engine was originally designed and produced by Zanzottera Technologies of Italy, but the design was sold, along with the rest of the company's two-stroke ultralight aircraft engine line to Compact Radial Engines of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.[2] Compact Radial Engines was then in turn acquired by Fiate Aviation Co., Ltd. of Hefei, Anhui, China in August 2017. Fiate Aviation did not advertise the engine as available in 2021.[3]
The engine is a single-cylinder two-stroke, 981NaN1 displacement, air-cooled, gasoline engine design, with a poly V belt reduction drive with reduction ratio of 3.64:1. It produces 180NaN0 at 9700 rpm. It can be fitted with a recoil starter or electric start.[1]