{"product_id":"cna-d4-aircraft-engine-manuals-collection","title":"Compagnia Nazionale Aeronautica (CNA) D4 Aircraft Engine Manuals Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistorical reference archive only.\u003c\/strong\u003e This collection is not current approved airworthiness data, an active maintenance programme, or a substitute for qualified engineering and regulatory guidance. The CNA D4 is an obsolete engine with no current Type Certificate holder, active Service Bulletins or Airworthiness Directives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCollection scope\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA focused digital archive for the Compagnia Nazionale Aeronautica (CNA) D4, also designated D.IV, the Italian 60 hp flat-four developed for the Avia FL.3 trainer. It brings together period engine documentation for aviation historians, restorers, museum researchers and enthusiasts studying Italian light aviation and wartime training aircraft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHistorical information\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFirst introduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1940\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eManufacturer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Compagnia Nazionale Aeronautica (CNA), Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDesign background:\u003c\/strong\u003e Designed by Ing. Gianini at the request of pilot and constructor Francis Lombardi as an affordable domestic alternative to the foreign Walter Persy engine for the L.3, better known as the Avia FL.3.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eApplications:\u003c\/strong\u003e Avia FL.3 military primary trainers, including service with the Regia Aeronautica and Luftwaffe, plus civilian touring and aero-club aircraft.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 1940–1951, with several hundred engines reported and an initial order of 100 units associated with the FL.3 production run.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVariants:\u003c\/strong\u003e Standard CNA D4\/D.IV, with minor internal casting differences reported between pre-war and post-war batches.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeritage:\u003c\/strong\u003e A historically important powerplant for Italian primary flight training and post-war civilian aviation reconstruction. Surviving examples are museum or static-display items, including examples associated with the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci in Milan and Museo Nicolis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTechnical reference\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHorizontally opposed, air-cooled four-cylinder piston engine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e183 cu in \/ approximately 3.0 litres displacement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e60 hp \/ 44 kW at 2,100 rpm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100 × 95 mm bore and stroke\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.3:1 compression ratio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e176 lb \/ 80 kg dry weight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAviation gasoline (benzina)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOHV layout with two valves per cylinder, pushrods and rockers, plus dual ignition with two spark plugs per cylinder and dual rear-mounted magnetos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCurrent manifest\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe present archive is represented by the supplied cover pages for:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eMoteur C.N.A. D.4 de 60 CV\u003c\/em\u003e, issued through Ufficio Stampa Aeroexport, Rome, dated 29 February 1940.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eCatalogo nomenclatore per Motore “D4s”\u003c\/em\u003e, Ministero dell’Aeronautica, Direzione Generale delle Costruzioni e degli Approvvigionamenti, Volume 3, Categoria 5a, Fascicolo 54, C.A. 598, first edition June 1941.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFormat and delivery\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstant digital PDF access after purchase. The documents are organized for convenient on-screen reference, searching and printing where the source quality permits. If delivered as a compressed archive, extract the archive before opening the PDFs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eHistorical and rights notice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnderlying documents are historical aviation publications. 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