Engines

Like many aviation companies, Lycoming is involved in the world of unmanned systems, and as part of that program, it recently unveiled its smallest engine, the EL-005. AVweb recently visited the factory and got a tour of this interesting little engine. view on YouTube

If I were to break down the quest for an unleaded avgas into seasons, I think we’re in the long, hot summer phase. From here until two years from now, progress may be like watching the grass grow. At AirVenture last month, the only meaningful activity was that Shell showed up to talk about its […]

A year ago, Continental Motors invested heavily in aircraft diesel technology when it bought the former Thielert works in St. Egidien, Germany. AVweb’s Paul Bertorelli recently visited the plant and prepared this detailed video on how the engines are made. view on YouTube

Adept Airmotive is a South African company with a V-6 gasoline engine. After a couple of years of flying the engine experimentally, the company is funded for a two-year certification effort. CEO Richard Schulz brings us up to date. Duration: 10:52 File Size: 9.6 MB download here

At AirVenture 2014, Continental Motors introduced its latest diesel powerplant, the CD300. Rhett Ross told AVweb how the company intends to manufacture and market the new engine. view on YouTube

Adept Airmotive says it’s about to embark on a certification plan for its V-6 engine, which it’s showing in the AirVenture Innovation Center at Oshkosh this week. “The certification timeline for us is roughly two years and we hope to have the first certified aircraft out in 2017,” said Adept Airmotive’s Richard Schulz, in this […]

With the new aircraft market seemingly in semi-permanent stasis, Cessna surprised us at AirVenture with the announcement of a diesel-powered Skyhawk, the Turbo Skyhawk JT-A. The new model presumably complements the 182 JT-A thats been struggling through certification for more than two years. Cessna says the Skylane is close to completing the final hoops, something […]

As it promised it would, Continental Motors on Tuesday pulled the wraps off its new 300-hp aerodiesel, giving the company the largest range of Jet-A fueled piston engines in the industry. The company has also rejiggered the branding of the engines, dropping the Centurion nameplate in favor of three model families, the CD 100, 200 […]

Today at AirVenture 2014, Blackhawk Modifications Inc. announced the completion of its 500th new engine upgrade on a customer airplane as well as a new engine upgrade option for the Cessna 208A Caravan and 208B Grand Caravan. A new set of Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-52 engines was installed as part of an overall upgrade […]

Superior Air Parts aims to get a piece of Lycoming’s business with a soon-to-be-approved 180-hp IO-360 Vantage engine, the company said at AirVenture on Monday. For a price about the same as an IO-360 overhaul, the new Vantage engine is a bolt-up conversion for the Lycoming IO-360 used in the R and S model Skyhawks, […]