type company with limited liability industry aerospace headquarters k nigswinter germany key people shuide chen and peter limbach products engines website limbach flugmotoren limbach flugmotoren limbach aero engines is a german company that produces aircraft engines . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 4 stroke certified engines 2.2 4 stroke engines for experimental use 2.3 2 stroke engines for uav 3 applications 4 references 5 external links history edit the company is named after peter limbach who expanded his father s engine repair business in the 1970s in k nigswinter . by may 2006 limbach had produced more than 6000 engines . 1 the engines are certified according to cs 22 subpart h 2 for use in motorgliders cs lsa 3 and cs vla 4 type of aircraft . most limbach engines are based on the volkswagen flat 4 boxer unit with displacement of up to 2.4 liters and up to 160 bhp in the turbocharged model . the smaller engines all 1700cc and some 2000cc are based on the air cooled type 1 unit also referred to as the beetle engine . the larger engines some 2000cc and all 2400cc are based on the wasserboxer . the most powerful versions of the 2400cc engines have water cooled cylinder heads as well as electronic fuel injection and electronic ignition . limbach also makes two stroke engines for uav as well as uncertified versions of a few four stroke engines for the experimental homebuilt aircraft market . for most aviation enthusiasts though limbach is synonymous to the powerplant found in most german motorgliders . 5 6 7 8 by late 2011 the company planned to close due to a worsened climate in which they were unable to operate . allegedly an open letter dated 25 august 2011 could be found on their website saying years of ever increasing regulations and requirements have been choking us . our efforts to operate in that environment were not successful because we can not provide the necessary resources . additionally there are government activities that hinder our current business and we can not make plans for the future . this letter with the address http www.limflug.de downloads 905 ausstieg8.pdf can not be found there today . in late 2012 it was announced that the limbachs assets had been sold to mr. chen shuide who tends to continue producing limbach engines with peter limbach still on board . 1 as of april 2014 the company is still in business . products edit 4 stroke certified engines edit limbach l 1700 59 to 67 hp limbach l 2000 75 to 80 hp limbach l 2400 93 to 130 hp 4 stroke engines for experimental use edit limbach l 2400 dtx 158 hp turbo 2 stroke engines for uav edit limbach l 275e 20 hp limbach l 550e 50 hp applications edit aeromot amt 100 ximango av leichtflugzeuge vagabund grob g 109 hoffmann hk 36 super dimona ica is 28 jpm 01 m doc lucas l 6a scheibe sf 36a ea tri r kis tr 1 weller uw 9 sprint whisper aircraft whisper scheibe sf 25 hinz blt ara hoffmann h 40 stemme s10 valentin taifun references edit a b aerokurier aerokurier cs 22 cs 22 cs lsa cs lsa cs vla cs vla 1 limbach l2400 2 limbach l2000 3 limbach l1700 limbach limbach aero engines external links edit official website v t e limbach flugmotoren aero engines piston engines l275e l550e l1700 l2000 l2400 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title limbach flugmotoren & oldid 720834395 categories aircraft engine manufacturers of germanyhidden categories use dmy dates from december 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschsloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 18 may 2016 at 06 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view