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Walter Aircraft Engines

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Automobiles, Aerospace
Founded	1911; 113 years ago (1911)
Headquarters	Prague, Czech Republic
Parent	GE Aerospace

Walter Aircraft Engines is an aircraft engine manufacturer and former automotive manufacturer. Its notable products include the M601 turboprop. The company is based in Prague, Czech Republic. It has been a subsidiary of GE Aerospace since July 2008.

History

Josef Walter founded the company in 1911 to make motorcycles and motor tricycles. It started to make automobiles in 1913: initially its own models, and later the Fiat 508, 514, 522 and 524 under licence.

By 1926 Walter was Czechoslovakia's fourth-largest car maker by sales volume. In 1929 it still held fourth place, and production peaked at 1,498 cars for the year. By 1932 Walter production had slumped to 217 cars for the year. The figure recovered to 474 in 1933, but fell again to 102 in 1936 and to only 13 in 1937.

Walter ceased car production in 1954.

From the early 1920s Walter also manufactured BMW aircraft engines under license, as well as its own family of air-cooled radial piston engines. In the 1930s Walter also made Bristol Jupiter, Mercury and Pegasus engines under licence, and then created its own in-line inverted air-cooled four- and six-cylinder engines, and in 1936 an air-cooled inverted V12. Walter aircraft engines were used by the air forces of 13 countries before World War II.

During World War II Walter made Argus engines under license for Germany. Manufacture of the BMW 003 turbojet was put into preparation, but none were produced.

The Walter plant survived the war intact and in 1946 the company was nationalized as Motorlet n.p. It made Soviet-licensed piston engines, and in 1952 began manufacturing the Walter M-05 jet engine. This was the Soviet Klimov VK-1 engine, based on the Rolls-Royce Nene, which powered the MiG-15, and was exported to many countries. The company made a series of Soviet-designed engines during the 1950s and 1960s, though piston engine production was closed and transferred to Avia in 1964.

In 1995, the company was privatised as Walter a.s., and in 2005 the aviation engine division became Walter Aircraft Engines. In July 2006 it was acquired by the Czech investment firm, FF Invest. In March 2007 it was announced that Walter Aircraft Engines would merge with Avia's aero-engine division. The company was also merged with the precision casting company PCS.

In September 2007, it was announced that the company's assets (which do not include its current facility in Prague) would be purchased by GE Aviation. The transaction was completed in July 2008. GE's interest in Walter has to do with the former's desire to compete more aggressively with Pratt & Whitney in the small turboprop market; Pratt & Whitney holds a commanding market share there. Walter builds the M601 engine, which GE hopes to refine and position against Pratt & Whitney's PT6. Walter currently builds 120 M601 engines per year; GE intended to increase production, by 2012, to 1,000 engines per year.

Walter engine families

Data from:Engine Data Sheets:Czechoslovakian Aero Engines

Walter developed families of engines based on common bore and stroke:

Atom / Mikron: Bore x Stroke 85 mm × 96 mm (3.35 in × 3.78 in)
Minor: Bore x Stroke 105 mm × 115 mm (4.14 in × 4.53 in)
Junior: Bore x Stroke 115 mm × 140 mm (4.53 in × 5.51 in)
Major / Sagitta: Bore x Stroke 118 mm × 140 mm (4.65 in × 5.51 in)

Engines

Radial

Walter Atlas
Walter Bora
Walter Castor
Walter Gemma
Walter Mars I
Walter Mars - license built Gnome-Rhône 14M.
Walter Merkur - license built Bristol Mercury
Walter NZ 40
Walter NZ 60
Walter NZ 85
Walter NZ 120
Walter Polaris
Walter Pollux
Walter Regulus
Walter Scolar
Walter Super Castor - 9-cylinder development of the Castor
Walter Venus
Walter Vega

Inline

Walter Junior
Walter Major
Walter Mikron -produced 1935 onwards
Walter Minor - first produced 1929, from 105 to 160 hp outputs
Walter M332 - entered production in 1958
Walter M337 - 6-cylinder development of the M332
Walter M431 (project)
Walter M436 (project)

V12

Horizontally-opposed

Turbojet

Motorlet M-701

Turboprop

Walter M601
Walter M602
GE Catalyst (Formerly ATP)

Engines built under license

Bristol Jupiter as Walter Jupiter
Gnome-Rhône 14M as Walter Mars 14M
Bristol Mercury as Walter Mercury
Pobjoy R as Walter Mira R
Gnome-Rhône Mistral Major as Walter Mistral 14K
Packard DR-980 as Walter Packard Diesel
Bristol Pegasus as Walter Pegasus
BMW IIIa as Walter W-III
BMW IV as Walter W-IV
Junkers Jumo 204 as Walter Jumo IV C
Fiat A.20 as Walter W-V, W-VI, W-VII and W-VIII
Argus As 10 as Walter Argus 10
Argus As 410 Walter Argus 410
Rolls-Royce Nene as Walter M-05
Klimov VK-1 as Walter M-06
Walter M-07
Ivchenko AI-25 as AI-25W

References

^ "History". Walter Engines a.s. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
Tuček 2017, p. 172.
Tuček 2017, p. 171.
Tuček 2017, p. 174.
Tuček 2017, p. 44.
Tuček 2017, p. 112.
Tuček 2017, p. 113.
Tuček 2017, p. 214.
Tuček 2017, p. 215.
"Engines maker Walter to merge with part of Avia". Prague Daily Monitor. 26 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 April 2007.
Lunsford, J. Lynn (3 July 2008). "GE Takes On Jet-Engine Rival". The Wall Street Journal.
Forbes, Peter; Forbes, Rita. "Engine Data Sheets:Czechoslovakian Aero Engines". Peter & Rita Forbes' Engine Webpages. Retrieved 20 April 2018.

Bibliography

Tuček, Jan (2017). Auta první republiky 1918–1938 (in Czech). Prague: Grada Publishing. ISBN 978-80-271-0466-6.

External links

Forbes, Peter; Forbes, Rita. "Czechoslovakian Aero Engines: Page 117 of 140". Engine Data Sheets.

v t e Walter aircraft engines
License produced engines	Jumo IV C Jupiter Mars Merkur Mira Mistral Pegas W-III W-IV W-V W-VI W-VII W-VIII
Opposed engines	Atom M202 M208
Inline engines	M 332 M 337 Junior Major 4 Major 6 Mikron Minor 4 Minor 6
V-12 engines	Sagitta Minor 12
Radial engines	NZ 40 NZ 60 NZ 85 NZ 90 NZ 95 NZ 120 Atlas Bora Castor Gemma Mars I Polaris Pollux Regulus Scolar Super Castor Vega Venus
Turbojets	M05 M06 M701
Turboprops	H80 M601 M602

v t e GE Aircraft Engines/GE Aviation/GE Aerospace aircraft engines
Turbojets	CJ610 CJ805 GE1 GE4/J5 I-A J31 J33 J35 J47 J73 J79 J85 J87 YJ93 J97 YJ101
Turbofans	Affinity CF6 CF34 CF700 CFE738† CFM56† CJ805-23 GE90 GE9X GEnx GP7000† HF120† LEAP† Passport F101 F108† F110 F118 YF120 F136† F404/F412 F414 RM12† RM16 TF34 TF39 XA100 XA102
Turboprops and turboshafts	Catalyst CT7 CT58 CT64 GE27 GE38 H-Series T31 T58 T64 T407 T408 T700 T901
Aeroderivative gas turbine engines	LM500 LM1500 LM1600 LM2500 LM6000 LM9000 LMS100
Propfans	GE36 RISE†
† Joint development aeroengines

v t e GE Aerospace
Divisions	GE Aerospace Research GE Aviation Systems Walter Aircraft Engines
Joint ventures	CFM International (50%) Engine Alliance (50%) GE Honda Aero Engines (50%)
Products	Aircraft engines
Key people	H. Lawrence Culp Jr. (current CEO) Sanford Alexander Moss (former researcher) Gerhard Neumann (former executive)
See also: GE Aerospace aeroengines

v t e Automotive industry in the Czech Republic
National brands	Avia Blata Jawa Kaipan Karosa LIAZ Praga Škoda Tatra Walter
Subsidiaries of foreign companies	Toyota Motor Manufacturing Czech Republic Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech
Components	Barum
Related topics	Euro NCAP
Automotive industry Economy of the Czech Republic Transport in the Czech Republic

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