The Righter/Kiekhaefer O-45 was an air-cooled, two-stroke aircraft engine of flat-twin configuration, used extensively for powering target drones in the late 1940s.Kiekhaefer O-45-1. New England Air Museum. Accessed 2013-02-12.
Designed by the Righter Manufacturing Company, the O-45 was also built by the Kiekhaefer Corporation and the Menasco Motors Company.Model Designations of USAF Aircraft Engines. Air Force-WPAFB-O-6. USAF Air Materiel Command, 1950. Section I., Page 1.
Variants O-45-1 version O-45-3 version O-45-35 Navy version of O-45-3
Applications Beecraft Wee Bee Frankfort OQ-16/TD3D Globe KD3G Snipe Globe KD4G Quail O'Neill Pea Pod OQ-15 Radioplane OQ-6 Radioplane OQ-14 Radioplane OQ-17/KDR Radioplane TDD ULM 811 Ultra Cruiser Ultavia
Specifications (O-45-1)
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