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Lycoming O-540
The Lycoming O-540 is a family of six-cylinder, horizontally opposed fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter engines of 541.5 cubic inch (8,874 cc) displacement, made by Lycoming Engines. The engine is a six-cylinder version of the four-cylinder Lycoming O-360.
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Design and development
Generally these engines produce 235 to 350 horsepower[1]. They are installed on a large number of different aircraft types.[2] Their main competitive engine is the Continental IO-520 and IO-550 series.
The AEIO version was developed for high-performance competition aerobatics aircraft. Starting at Template:Convert, the power was then improved to Template:Convert. The AEIO-540 family has achieved tremendous results in competition aircraft such as the Extra 300, CAP 232 and Zivko Edge 540.
Variants
All engines have an additional prefix preceding the 540 to indicate the specific configuration of the engine[1]. There are also numerous engine suffixes, denoting different accessories such as different manufacturers' carburetors, or different magnetos.
- O-540
- Standard, direct-drive, normally-aspirated Opposed engine, equipped with a carburetor.
- IO-540
- Normally-aspirated engine with fuel Injection.
- AEIO-540
- Normally-aspirated engine with fuel injection and inverted lubrication for Aerobatic use.
- TIO-540
- Turbocharged and fuel-injected.
- LTIO-540
- Left-hand (opposite-direction) rotation, turbocharged, fuel-injected; used as the right-hand engine on Piper PA-31-325 Navajo C/Rs and Piper PA-31-350 Chieftains[3] to prevent critical engine control issues.
- IGO-540
- Gearbox at the front end of the crankshaft to drive the propeller fewer revolutions per minute than the engine, normally-aspirated with fuel injection.
- IGSO-540
- Supercharger driven by the engine, gearbox to drive propeller, and fuel injection (up to 435hp).
- VO-540
- Vertically-mounted engine for use in a helicopter, normally aspirated and equipped with a carburetor.
- IVO-540
- Normally-aspirated engine with fuel injection, mounted vertically for use in a helicopter.
- TVO-540
- Turbocharged engine equipped with a carburetor, mounted vertically for use in a helicopter.
- TIVO-540
- Turbocharged engine with fuel injection, mounted vertically for use in a helicopter.
- HIO-540
- Helicopter engine mounted horizontally as in fixed-wing aircraft, normally aspirated with fuel injection; not used in any aircraft.[2]
Applications
- AAC Angel
- Aero Commander 500 series
- Bellanca 17-31ATC Turbo Viking
- Britten-Norman Islander
- Britten-Norman Trislander
- Brantly 305
- CallAir A-9
- Cessna 182
- Dornier Do 28
- Evangel 4500
- Gippsland GA8
- Gippsland GA200
- Murphy Moose
- Hiller UH-12
- PAC CT/4E
- Piaggio P.166
- Piper Aerostar
- Piper Aztec
- Piper Saratoga
- Piper PA-24 Comanche
- Piper PA-31 Navajo
- Pitts Special variants
- Robinson R44
- Van's Aircraft RV-10
- Socata TB-20
- Socata TB-30 Epsilon
- Utva Lasta
- Utva-65 Privrednik
- Zlin Z-143
Specifications (IO-540-K1A5)
See also
Related development
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lycoming (2005). 540 Series (PDF). Retrieved on 2009-01-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Page listing all variants of the Lycoming O-540 series. Retrieved: 1 September 2008.
- ↑ FAA Piper PA-31-300/325/350 Type Certificate. Retrieved: 1 September 2008.
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