Continental IO-360
| Teledyne Continental Motors | |
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| Continental IO-360 | |
| Production period: | since 1962 |
| Manufacturer: | Teledyne Continental Motors |
| Developing country: |
 United States
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| First run: | 1962 |
| Working principle: | Otto |
| Motor design: | Boxer engine |
| Cylinder: | 6th |
| Displacement: | 5892 cm 3 |
| Mixture preparation: | Injector |
| Engine charging: | no |
| Cooling system: | Air cooling |
| Power: | 157 kW |
| Dimensions: | 138.4 kg |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | none |
The Continental IO-360 is an aircraft engine from the US manufacturer Teledyne Continental Motors , which was developed for use in light aircraft . The air-cooled six - cylinder boxer engine was introduced in 1962 and is offered in several naturally aspirated engine versions (code IO ) as well as versions with turbocharging .
technical features
The Continental IO-360 was developed by Continental Motors Corporation in the late 1950s and approved for use in aviation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in the USA on May 15, 1962 . Deliveries began that same year. The air-cooled six-cylinder boxer engine was equipped with mechanical fuel injection from the start , which Continental Motors (today: Teledyne Continental) produces itself. The name was therefore IO-360 (identifier I : Injection) from the start.
The engine has been manufactured in numerous variants to this day. In order to improve the altitude performance, a turbo-charged version also provided with mechanical injection was offered from 1966 (identification TSIO ). The compression ratios are 7.5: 1 for the turbo version and 8.5: 1 for the suction version. The type approval of the turbo engine took place on September 11, 1966 by the FAA. All variants can be operated with both pull and push propellers. The engine is currently (as of 2006) still in production and is still economically successful.
This engine is not offered in a carburettor version, and one was never planned. A carburettor version would then have been designated as O-360 according to the designation system, a designation that is often used incorrectly. A four-cylinder variant called the Continental O-240 was presented in 1977. Well-known types that have been equipped with the IO-360 are the Cessna 172 , the Piper PA-34 Seneca , the Cirrus SR20 and the Maule M-4 .
Technical specifications
The technical data of the type Continental IO-360ES:
| Displacement | 5892 cm³ |
| drilling | 112.7 mm |
| Hub | 98.4 mm |
| compression | 8.5: 1 |
| fuel | AVGAS 100LL |
| length | 0.93 m |
| height | 0.67 m |
| width | 0.84 m |
| power | 228 hp (157 kW) at 2800 min -1 |
| Weight | 138.4 kg |
use
- Aero Boero AB-210
- AVE Mizar
- Beriev Be-103
- Cessna 160
- Cessna R172K Hawk XP
- Cessna Skymaster (models 336 Skymaster and 337 Super Skymaster)
- Cessna O-2 Skymaster (military version of the Cessna 337 Super Skymaster)
- Cessna T-41 Mescalero (military version of the Cessna 172)
- Cirrus SR20
- Cierva CR Twin
- Goodyear GZ-20
- Maule M-4
- Maule M-5
- Mooney M20
- PAC CT / 4
- Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Arrow
- Piper PA-28-201T Turbo Dakota
- Piper PA-34 Seneca
- PZL M-20 Mewa ( license build of the Piper PA-34 Seneca II)
- Reims FR172J Reims Rocket (variant of the Cessna 172 from France from Reims-Cessna )
- Ryan XV-8
- Sasin Spraymaster
See also
- Lycoming O-360 - a similarly named aero engine from another manufacturer with four cylinders
- List of aircraft engines
Web links
- Motor data sheet (English; PDF; 58 kB)
- Type certificate of the Continental IO-360 - EASA-TCDS-E.005 (PDF; 2 MB)
