Continental Motors, Inc.
Continental Motors, Inc. ( 1929-1969 Continental Motors Corporation, 1969-2011 Teledyne Continental Motors ) is an American, in Mobile ( Alabama) based manufacturer of aircraft engines. The company was founded in 1905 as Continental Motors Company and belonged from 1969 to 2011 to Teledyne Technologies. Since 2011, Continental is among the Chinese state-owned AVIC.
History
Continental Motors Company introduced between the 1920s and the 1960s, manufactures engines for various independent manufacturers of automobiles and tractors as well as stationary drives for pumps or electricity generators. The production was performed at two major sites, on the one hand in Muskegon and on the other in Detroit. The factory in Detroit was closed in 1965.
The passenger engines in 1929 outsourced and acquired by Teledyne Technologies in 1969. Teledyne Continental became known for his light aircraft engines.
In 2011 the company was taken over by the Chinese state-owned AVIC.
Aircraft engines
The engines of Continental Motors are in addition to those of Lycoming today the most widely used piston aircraft engines for general aviation in the performance class above 100 kW (136 hp). They enjoyed and enjoy the reputation of a very high reliability. This occurs because on the one hand, therefore, that the engines with very large displacement - an IO -360 with 132 kW ( 180 hp ) has 5.8 liter displacement - with relatively low speed (approx. 2400 rpm and 2600 rpm in cruise flight at take-off power ) run. On the other engines are only developed very carefully. The said engine consumed during cruise about 35-45 l AvGas or (230 g / hp-hr ). Spreads are also the engines Continental O -200 Continental IO - 240. The engines of the C-90, O- 200, O- 240, IO-360 were also produced by Rolls- Royce in the UK under license.
Engine types and variants
The engine designations provide information on the technical characteristics:
- O - Boxer engine ( piston Opposite )
- I - fuel injection ( injection)
- T - Turbocharger
- G - Gear ( Gear)
- L (front) - Links runners ( Left)
- L (rear) - liquid cooling (liquid cooling )
- F - FADEC
The number, however, indicates the approximate engine capacity in cubic inches.
Aircraft with Continental engines (selection)
- Boeing Stearman PT-17
- Cessna 150
- Cessna 172 / F172
- Cessna 182
- Piper PA -34 " Seneca II, III, IV, V "