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The Continental O-170 engine is the collective military designation for a family of small aircraft engines, known under the company designation of A50, A65, A75 and A80. The line was designed and built by Continental Motors commencing in the 1940s. It was employed as the powerplant for civil and military light aircraft.[1]

The horizontally opposed, four-cylinder engines in this family are all identical in appearance, bore, stroke, dry weight, and piston displacement. All feature a bottom-mounted updraft carburetor fuel delivery system. The higher power variants differ only in compression ratio and maximum allowable rpm, plus minor modifications. The lower power versions are fully convertible to the higher rated versions.[1]

Design and development

In all models of this family of engines the cylinder heads are of aluminum alloy, screwed and shrunk onto steel barrels. Spark plug inserts and intake valve seats are made from aluminum-bronze alloy, while the exhaust valve seats are steel. The engines all employ hydraulic tappets which operate in aluminum guides that are machined into the crankcase. The tappets are built from four parts, a cam follower body, cup, cylinder, and piston and operate with clearances of Шаблон:Convert to Шаблон:Convert. The pushrods are steel and feature pressed-in ball ends.[1]

Lubricating oil is delivered under pressure from the Шаблон:Convert oil sump to the drive bearings and the crankpins through the crankshaft. The cylinder walls and pistons are spray lubricated. Normal operating oil pressure is 35 psi, with minimum idle oil pressure 10 psi.[1]

Variants

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A50 on display at the Air Zoo
A50
Шаблон:Convert, Compression ratio 5.4:1, max rpm 1,900, fuel consumption at cruise 3.8 US gph[1]
A50-1
A50-2
A50-3
A50-4
A50-5
A50-6
A50-7
A65
Шаблон:Convert, Compression ratio 6.3:1, max rpm 2,300, fuel consumption at cruise 4.4 US gph. The exhaust valves have stellite faces. The pistons have three rings, although some early production A65s had four piston rings.[1][2]
A65-1
A65-2
A65-3
A65-4
A65-5
A65-6
A65-7
A65-8
A65-8F
A65-9:
A65-12
A75
Шаблон:Convert, Compression ratio 6.3:1, max rpm 2,600, fuel consumption at cruise 4.8 US gph. The exhaust valves have stellite faces and the connecting rods have a Шаблон:Convert hole drilled in the rod cap to improve lubrication. The pistons have three rings and smaller piston pins.[1][2]
A75-1
A75-2
A75-3
A75-4
A75-5
A75-6
A75-14
A80
Шаблон:Convert, Compression ratio 7.55:1, max rpm 2,700, fuel consumption at cruise 5.2 US gph. The connecting rods have a Шаблон:Convert hole drilled in the rod cap to improve lubrication. The pistons have five rings and smaller piston pins.[1]
A80-1
A80-2
A80-3
A80-4
A80-5
A80-6
A80-8
O-170
Military designation for the A50, A65, A75, A80 family of engines.
O-170-1
O-170-3
O-170-5
O-170-7

Applications

A50
A65
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A Continental A65-8F installed in a Pietenpol Air Camper
A75
A80

Specifications (O-170-3 or A-65-8)

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See also

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Notes

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References

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Шаблон:Continental aeroengines Шаблон:US military piston aeroengines

  1. 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 1,9 Christy (1983)
  2. 2,0 2,1 Teledyne Continental Motors: Continental Aircraft Engine Operator's Manual, pages 4-5. Teledyne Continental Motors, FAA Approved December 1980. Continental Form No. X30012
  3. 3,00 3,01 3,02 3,03 3,04 3,05 3,06 3,07 3,08 3,09 3,10 3,11 3,12 3,13 3,14 3,15 3,16 3,17 3,18 3,19 3,20 3,21 3,22 3,23 3,24 3,25 3,26 Шаблон:Cite web
  4. Jackson (1974)
  5. Plane & Pilot: 1978 Aircraft Directory, page 153. Werner & Werner, 1978. Шаблон:ISBN