AIE Advancements Featured in Leading UAV Industry Magazine

Lichfield, Staffordshir: Innovative rotary engine technology developed by UK specialist engineers, Advanced Innovative Engineering (UK) Ltd has been placed directly in the spotlight this month by leading UAV industry magazine, Unmanned Systems Technology (UST Magazine).

UST Magazine, whose focus is on providing their readers with the most cutting edge technical content, featured AIE’s 225CS Wankel-based rotary engine technology within a nine-page spread dossier.

Readers are taken along AIE’s technological journey beginning with their affiliation to leading rotary authority and Norton Motorcycle engineering legend, David Garside, right up to next generation UAV design philosophies supported by AIE Managing Director, Nathan Bailey.

The article details how through Garside’s technical advisory role and patents, AIE have successfully addressed the inherent deficiencies of rotary engine use by means of new innovations, including an ingenious cooling concept, Compact SPARCS. Through a detailed analysis of this revolutionary technology, article writer Ian Bamsey highlights how Compact SPARCS utilises a sealed rotor cooling circuit consisting of a circulating centrifugal fan and heat exchanger to reject heat. The system’s intelligent lubrication process also results in no wet oil emission and reduced oil consumption.

This new technology makes AIE Generation Two 225CS rotary engines a very attractive option for UAV platforms due to Compact SPARCS ability to reduce internal temperature, increase efficiency and reduce wear, leading to 500 hours of high performance use between rebuilds. As pointed out by Bailey in the article, Compact SPARCS technology together with low wear modern ceramic apex seals provides a leap forward in rotary engine reliability.

Readers of the article are provided with a further in-depth look at the anatomy of AIE’s 225CS rotary engine with a visualisation of its low part count multi-feature components. The 225CS low parts count allows for simple maintenance by UAV personnel that often need to conduct services out in the field.

This highly detailed article into AIE’s advanced rotary engine technology is a welcome acknowledgment of the many years of research, effort and experimentation involved in developing a four-stroke rotary engine that meets the flight endurance, dependability, weight and size factors required by UAV platform developers.

The UST Magazine article concludes by recognising the exciting advancements in the pipeline for AIE’s next generation rotary engines including direct injection and forced induction.

Already a household name within the UAV and unmanned systems industry, UST Magazine Issue 7 featuring the AIE dossier, will soon be widely read by a global audience of subscribers.

To read the AIE article in UST Magazine, visit the unmanned systems technology website or for more details on AIE’s 225CS engine, Compact SPARCS or future advancements in rotary engine design, visit www.aieuk.com.

About Unmanned Systems Technology:
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About Advanced Innovative Engineering (UK) Ltd:
AIE is a UK-based engineering company specialising in the development of innovative Wankel rotary engines. The AIE team boasts a combined experience of over 80 years in rotary engine design, R&D, and manufacturing; delivering products and services that have exceptional reliability, versatility and low total cost of ownership (TCO) for the global Aerospace, Automotive and Marine markets.