I have always had decent service from the factory, sometimes exceptional During the height of the pandemic, like many other companies LOM was pretty much closed for business but it seems they are back offering service and parts in an easy to order fashion. This notice has just appeared on their Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/p/CaPGmtVNCR6/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet It reads (via Google translate):
Service of M series piston engines in LOM PRAHA
LOM PRAHA has further proof that servicing M-series piston engines is desirable for civilian customers. It is confirmed that the restart of this program in the portfolio of the state enterprise was a step in the right direction.
The Malešice power plant plant took over the M-137A, S / N 854562 engine, which is suspended from the Czechoslovak Republic, for overhaul. aerobatic aircraft Zlín Z-50M (OK-TRM, S / N 053), whose owner and operator is @ aeroklub.cz. The machine is intended for training the wider Czech national team in acrobatics.
The above communication has two main actors. Here is their piece of technical curriculum vitae. The Z-50M aircraft is a version manufactured since 1989 (the prototype was flown on April 25, 1988 by factory pilot Vladimir Peroutka) with an Avia M-137AZ engine (LOM M-137AZ) and a two-bladed Avia V-503A propeller.
The M-137A engine is for a fixed or electrically adjustable or autonomous propeller, the oil system is adapted for full aerobatic operation and flights on the back without restrictions, kicked acrobatic elements are allowed, a specially modified crankshaft.
LOM PRAHA s.p. offers repair and maintenance of engines M132 (A, AK), M332 (A, AK, C), M337 (A, AK, C) and M137 (A, AZ).
In case of your interest, you can contact ZPJ by email:
For more information, visit www.zpjlompraha.com
