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Teledyne Continental Motors

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Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM) is an engine manufacturer located in Mobile, Alabama. The company is part of the Teledyne conglomerate. Although Continental is most well known for its light aviation engines, they were also contracted to produce the air-cooled V-12 AV-1790-5B gasoline engine for the U.S. Army's M47 Patton tank and the diesel AVDS-1790-2A and its derivatives for the M48 Patton and M60 series main battle tanks.

The company produced engines for various independent manufacturers of automobiles, tractors, and stationary equipment (i.e. pumps, generators, machinery drives) from the 1920s through the 1960s.

History

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Restored Continental AV1790-5B tank engine at the American Armored Foundation Tank Museum in Danville, Virginia.

1929 A-70 radial, seven-cylinder engine is introduced. 170hp@2000rpm 4.625x4.625 = 543.91cuin (8.91L)

In August 1929, the Continental Motors Company formed the Continental Aircraft Engine Company as a subsidiary to develop and produce its aircraft engines.[1]

1930 A-40 four-cylinder engine is introduced. 37hp @ 2550 rpm 3.125x3.75 = 115.05 cuin (1.89L)

1938 A-50 is added to the lineup to power the Piper Cub and Taylorcraft. 50hp @ 1900rpm 3.875 x 3.625 = 171.0 cuin (2.80L)

1939 Continental builds aircraft engines for use in British and American tanks.

In 1940, Continental formed Continental Avitation and Engineering (CAE) to develop and produce aircraft engines of over 500 hp.[1]

1950s A-65 developed into the more powerful C-90 and eventually to the 100 hp (75 kW) O-200. The latter powered a very important airplane design milestone: the Cessna 150.

1960s Turbocharging and fuel injection are brought to general aviation. The IO-520's applications expand to dominate the market.

In 1969, Teledyne Incorporated acquired Continental Motors, which became Teledyne Continental Motors (TCM).[2]

1969 6-285 Tiara 285hp@4000 (4.875x4.625 = 406cuin) and 6-320 320hp high output engines; dropped after 1978.

1984 TSIO-520-BE for the Piper Malibu. It sets new efficiency standards for light aircraft piston engines.

1986 Powered by a liquid cooled version of the IO-240, the Voyager is the first piston-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the world without refueling.

1997 NASA selects Continental to develop and produce GAP, a new Template:Convert piston engine that operates on Jet-A fuel. This is in response to 100-octane aviation gasoline becoming less available in the face of decreased demand, as a result of smaller turboprop engines becoming more prevalent due to their long service life.

1999 Continental develops and tests its first FADEC-equipped engine.

2008 Teledyne Continental's new president, Rhett Ross announced that the company is very concerned about future availability of 100LL avgas and as a result will develop a diesel engine in the Template:Convert range for certification in 2009 or 2010.[3]

Continental aircraft engines

Opposed piston engines

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Continental Motors C-90-8F aircraft engine in Technik Museum Speyer
  • A-40 - four cylinder, 40 horsepower[4]
  • A-50 - four cylinder, 50 horsepower[4]
  • A-65 - four cylinder, 65 horsepower, 80 octane, 1800 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • A-75 - four cylinder, 75 horsepower[4]
  • C-75 - four cylinder, 75 horsepower[4]
  • A-80 - four cylinder, 80 horsepower[4]
  • C-85 - four cylinder, 85 horsepower, 80 octane, 1800 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • C-90 - four cylinder, 90 horsepower, 80 octane, 1800 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • Continental Tiara 4-180 - O-270, four cylinder, 180 horsepower, 1970
  • C-115 - six cylinder, Template:Convert based on the same cylinders as the C-75.
  • C-125 - six cylinder, 125 horsepower, 80 octane, 1800 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • C-140 - six cylinder, a geared version of the C-125.
  • C-145 - four cylinder, 145 horsepower, 80 octane, 1800 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • E165 - six cylinder, 165 horsepower, 80 octane, 1500 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • E185 - six cylinder, 185 horsepower, 80 octane, 1500 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • O-200 - four cylinder, 100 horsepower, 80 octane, 1800 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • E225 - six cylinder, 225 horsepower, 80 octane, 1500 hour design time between overhauls[5]
  • O-300 - six cylinder, 145 horsepower, 80 octane, 1800 hour design time between overhauls. Family includes the GO-300. The O-300 is a modernized version of the C-145[5]
  • IO-346 - four cylinder, 165 horsepower, 91 octane[4]
  • IO-360 - six cylinder, 210 horsepower, 100 octane, 1500 hour design time between overhauls. Family includes the TSIO-360[5]
  • Continental Tiara, O-405, six cylinder, '6-285' '6-320', 285-320 horsepower, 1969-1975,
  • O-470 - six cylinder, 230 horsepower, 80 octane, 1500 hour design time between overhauls. Family includes the IO-470 and the TSIO-470[5]
  • O-520 - six cylinder, 320 horsepower, 100 octane, 1500 hour design time between overhauls. Family includes the TSIO-520 and the GTSIO-520[5]
  • Continental O-526 - six cylinder, 270-300-310 horsepower, 1957, FSO- GSO- GO-
  • Continental Tiara, O-540, eight cylinder, '8-380' 'T8-450', 380-450 horsepower, 1970
  • IO-550 - six cylinder Template:Convert to Template:Convert 100 octane, engine, Family includes IOF-550 and TSIO-550.[6][7]

Radial and Inverted-V engines

Turboprop/turboshafts

See also

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Leyes, p. 87.
  2. ↑ Gunston, p. 225.
  3. ↑ AvWeb Staff (February 2008). Teledyne Continental Plans Certified Diesel Within Two Years. Retrieved on 2008-02-18.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Christy, Joe: Engines for Homebuilt Aircraft & Ultralights, p. 142. Tab Books Inc, 1983. ISBN 0-8306-2347-7.
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 Foster, Timothy R.V.: The Aviator's Catalog, p. 142. Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981. ISBN 0-442-21201-6.
  6. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (March 2007). TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO. E3SO Revsion 10. Retrieved on 2008-12-28.
  7. ↑ Federal Aviation Administration (December 2006). TYPE CERTIFICATE DATA SHEET NO. E5SO Revision 3. Retrieved on 2008-12-28.
  • Foss, Christopher F. [1974]. Jane's Pocket Book of Modern Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles. Collier Books, 45–49. 73-15286. 
  • Gunston, Bill (2006). World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines, 5th Edition. Phoenix Mill, Gloucestershire, England, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited. ISBN 0-7509-4479-X. 
  • Leyes II, Richard A.; William A. Fleming (1999). The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. ISBN 1-56347-332-1. 

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