Chaise 4B

Chaise 4B
Type	Inverted air-cooled V-4 piston engine
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Societe Anonyme Omnium Metallurgique et Industriel

The Chaise 4B is an aircraft engine designed and built in France during the 1930s, unusual in being an inverted air-cooled 14º V-4.

Design and development

During the early 1930s Societe Anonyme Omnium Metallurgique et Industriel / Etablissements Chaise et Cie, commonly known as Moteurs Chaise, designed and produced a compact lightweight four-cylinder aircraft engine developing 130–155 hp (97–116 kW). To reduce overall dimensions and length of crankshaft Chaise designed an inverted V-4 with a very small vee angle of 14º. With staggered banks the 4B was both narrow and short.^[1]

The light alloy (R.R.50) crankcase supported the major components of the engine. Heat treated steel cylinders were bolted to the crankcase and light alloy (R.R.50) cylinder heads were screwed onto the barrels. Accessories were mounted at the rear with magnetos driven by camshafts running either side of the crankcase, which also operated the valves by pushrods and rocker arms with triple concentric return springs.^[1]

Variants

4B: Standard production engine
4Ba: the 4B with improvements

Specifications (4B)

Data from Le moteur Chaise 4-B 4 cylindres inversés^[1]

General characteristics

Type: air-cooled inverted 14º V-4
Bore: 125 mm (4.9 in)
Stroke: 140 mm (5.5 in)
Displacement: 7 L (430 cu in)
Length: 660 mm (26 in)
Width: 480 mm (19 in)
Dry weight: 135 kg (298 lb)

Components

Cooling system: Air

Performance

Power output: 130 hp (97 kW) at 2100 rpm, 155 hp (116 kW) at 2300 rpm

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Le moteur Chaise 4-B 4 cylindres inversés" (pdf). Les Ailes (in French) (596bis). Paris: 5. 20 November 1932. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[lesailes321120p5-1] "Le moteur Chaise 4-B 4 cylindres inversés" (pdf). Les Ailes (in French) (596bis). Paris: 5. 20 November 1932. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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