The U.S. aircraft register, updated daily
Engines · two-cycle piston · data as of October 28, 2026

Hirth 2703

9 aircraft on the U.S. register carry a Hirth 2703 engine, rated at about 55 horsepower. The Challenger CHALLENGER II is the model most often fitted with it (1 aircraft). The aircraft carrying it were built between 1986 and 2005.

The FAA records engines by code, usually at the level of a series ("O-320 series") rather than the exact variant; this page gathers every FAA code that reads as Hirth 2703. FAA spelling: 2703.

Fitted to model families

Challenger CHALLENGER II1Franke Stuart A MX II SPRINT1Howell Roger L S141Kolb MARK III1Kolb Co Inc FIRESTAR1Quad City CHALLENGER I1Quad City CHALLENGER II1Quad City Aircraft CHALLENGER II1Quad City Challenger CHALLENGER II1
Model families, as a table
aircraft
Challenger CHALLENGER II1
Franke Stuart A MX II SPRINT1
Howell Roger L S141
Kolb MARK III1
Kolb Co Inc FIRESTAR1
Quad City CHALLENGER I1
Quad City CHALLENGER II1
Quad City Aircraft CHALLENGER II1
Quad City Challenger CHALLENGER II1

Challenger CHALLENGER II · Franke Stuart A MX II SPRINT · Howell Roger L S14 · Kolb MARK III · Kolb Co Inc FIRESTAR · Quad City CHALLENGER I · Quad City CHALLENGER II · Quad City Aircraft CHALLENGER II · Quad City Challenger CHALLENGER II

Kind of aircraft

By kind, as a table
aircraftshare
Piston singles9100%

When the aircraft were built by decade

By decade built, as a table
aircraft
19801
19903
20003

Connections how this engine series links to the rest of the register

Fitted to
Where they are

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/engine/hirth-2703.json.

Aircraft newest certificates first · 9

Tail no.Maker and modelGroupOwner and baseCertificateRegisteredStatus
N2485Z Quad City Challenger
CHALLENGER II
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
North Carolina
Experimental 2023-11-24 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N8061R Howell Roger L
S14
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2023-11-10 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N1892C Quad City
CHALLENGER I
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Missouri
Experimental 2023-10-18 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N546E Quad City
CHALLENGER II
Fixed-wing, single engine Co-owned owner
Oklahoma
Experimental 2022-02-14 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N328BJ Quad City Aircraft
CHALLENGER II
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Montana
Experimental 2021-12-02 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N6230X Kolb
MARK III
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
California
Experimental 2019-12-04 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N830AF Franke Stuart A
MX II SPRINT
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Texas
Experimental 2011-10-20 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N3028U Challenger
CHALLENGER II
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Indiana
Experimental 2007-08-17 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes
N7062R Kolb Co Inc
FIRESTAR
Fixed-wing, single engine Individual owner
Virginia
Experimental 2007-06-08 ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codes

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database (the engine reference table and each aircraft's engine code), October 28, 2026. Horsepower and thrust are the FAA's figures for the series, not for a particular aircraft.