{{Short description|Japanese twin-cylinder, two-stroke engine}} <!-- This article is a part of [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft]]. Please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content]] for recommended layout. --> {{infobox aero engine | name=Kawasaki 440 | image= | caption= |engine_type=Two-cylinder [[two-stroke]] engine |manufacturer=[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]] |national_origin=[[Japan]] |first_run= |major_applications= |produced=until the early 1980s |number_built= |developed_from= |variants_with_their_own_articles= }}
The '''Kawasaki 440''', also called the '''T/A 440''', is a Japanese twin-cylinder, [[straight engine|in-line]], [[two-stroke]] engine that was designed for [[snowmobile]]s and produced by [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries]] until the early 1980s.<ref name="Cliche">Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page G-5 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. {{ISBN|0-9680628-1-4}}</ref>
The engine was widely adapted for other purposes, including [[ultralight aircraft]] and [[Formula 500]] automobile racing. Kawasaki did not condone or support the use of the engine in aircraft and it was largely supplanted in this role by the similar purpose-designed [[Rotax 377]] aircraft engine.<ref name="Cliche" />
==Design and development== The engine has two cylinders in an in-line configuration. The single ignition system uses a coil and points. Fuel is metered by a [[Mikuni (company)|Mikuni]] 34 mm slide-type [[carburetor]]. Starting is by a [[recoil starter]] system with electric start as an option.<ref name="Cliche" />
In its aircraft applications the 440 uses an aftermarket reduction drive system to reduce the maximum 5000 rpm to a speed more manageable for propeller use.<ref name="Cliche" /> <!-- ==Operational history== --> <!-- ==Variants== -->
==Applications== ;Aircraft {{columns-list|colwidth=22em| *[[Acrolite]] *[[Bell Sidewinder]] *[[CGS Hawk]] *[[Fisher Barnstormer]] *[[Fisher Boomerang]] *[[Golden Gate Mosquito]] *[[Goldwing Ltd Goldwing]] *[[Hovey Delta Hawk]] *[[Manta Foxbat]] *[[Mathews PUP]] *[[Peris JN-1]] *[[RagWing RW1 Ultra-Piet]] *[[RagWing RW2 Special I]] *[[RagWing RW7 Duster]] *[[RagWing RW9 Motor Bipe]] *[[Seahawk Condor]] *[[Theiss Speedster]] *[[Ultimate Jetwing]] *[[Ultralight Flight Mirage]] *[[Ultralite Soaring Wizard]] *[[Vortech G-1]] *[[Worldwide Ultralite Skyraider S/S]] *[[Worldwide Ultralite Spitfire]] }} ;Automotive *[[Formula 500]] <!-- Survivors --> <!-- Engines on display== -->
==Specifications (440) == {{pistonspecs| <!-- If you do not understand how to use this template, please ask at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Aircraft]] --> <!-- Please include units where appropriate (main comes first, alt in parentheses). If data are missing, leave the parameter blank (do not delete it). For additional lines, end your alt units with )</li> and start a new, fully-formatted line with <li> --> |ref=Cliche<ref name="Cliche" /> |type=twin-cylinder, two-stroke engine |bore= |stroke= |displacement=436 cc (26.61 cu inches) |length= |diameter= |width= |height= |weight={{convert|49|lb|kg|0|abbr=on}} |valvetrain=piston ported |supercharger= |turbocharger= |fuelsystem=[[Mikuni (company)|Mikuni]] 34 mm slide-type carburetor |fueltype= |oilsystem=premixed oil and fuel |coolingsystem=air cooled |power={{convert|38|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} at 5000 rpm |specpower= |compression= |fuelcon= |specfuelcon= |oilcon= |power/weight=
|designer= |reduction_gear=aftermarket reduction drive for aircraft use
|general_other= |components_other= |performance_other= }}
==See also== {{aircontent <!-- include as many lines are appropriate. additional lines/entries with carriage return. --> |see also= *[[Hirth F-263]] *[[Hirth 2702]] *[[JPX PUL 425]] *[[Rotax 377]] |related= *[[Kawasaki 340]] |similar aircraft=<!-- similar or comparable aircraft --> |lists= }}
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[[Category:Air-cooled aircraft piston engines]] [[Category:Two-stroke aircraft piston engines]]