Jabiru 1600

1600
Type Piston aero engine
National origin Australia
Manufacturer Jabiru Aircraft
Unit cost $10,800 AUD (1995)
Developed into Jabiru 2200

The Jabiru 1600 is a horizontally opposed direct drive four-stroke, air-cooled aircraft piston engine produced by Jabiru Aircraft.[1]

Design and development

Jabiru designed and built the Jabiru 1600 to power the light sport aircraft it produced when it could not obtain supplies of the Italian KFM 112M engine used to power its early production aircraft.[2] The 1600 was approved in Australia in November 1993 and was used on Jabiru production aircraft.[2]

In November 2014 the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority proposed restricting all Jabiru-powered aircraft to day-visual flight rules only, without passengers or solo students and within gliding distance of a safe place to land due to the engine line's safety record. Both the manufacturer and Recreational Aviation Australia opposed the restrictions as unnecessary and unwarranted.[3] The final rule adopted somewhat softened the restrictions, allowing the carriage of passengers and students, but requiring them to sign an acknowledgement of risk before flying and restricting equipped aircraft to day VFR flight and within gliding distance of a safe place to land.[4]

Specifications

General characteristics

Components

Performance

See also


Comparable engines
Related lists

References

Notes

  1. Jackson 1995, p. 546
  2. 1 2 About Jabiru
  3. Niles, Russ (15 November 2014). "Australia Eyes Jabiru Restrictions". AVweb. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
  4. Niles, Russ (21 December 2014). "CASA Issues Jabiru Final Rule". AVweb. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

Bibliography

  • Paul Jackson, ed. (1995). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1995–1996. Jane's Information Group Limited. ISBN 0-7106-1262-1. 


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