Continental O-170

The Continental A65 is the manufacturer Continental Motors Corporation, which was preferably used since the 1930s in light aircraft as aircraft engine, a piston engine engine.

History

1931 led the Continental type A40 with an output of 38 hp as output pattern of a series of small aircraft engines on the market. The A40 was followed by versions A50, A65, A75 and A80, which had consistently interpreted as a four-cylinder boxer engine. The type number was in each case the approximate performance in HP. Until the outbreak of World War II 8000 copies had already been produced.

After the war saw the introduction of the modified types C75, C85, C115, C125 and C140, with the last three patterns six-cylinder engines were. The C140 had as special a reduction gear.

The A65 was the U.S. Army Air Corps as the standard engine for use on all easy connection of the aircraft " Grass Hopper - type ", eg in the Taylorcraft L-2, Aeronca L-3 and Piper L- fourth For this, the A65 was given the military designation O- 170.

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Specifications

( from Jane's 1945/46 )