Continental O-280
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The Continental C115, C125 and C140 engines were made by Continental Motors in the 1940s, all sharing the US military designation O-280. Of flat-6 configuration, the engines produced 115 hp (86 kW) 125 hp (93 kW) or 140 hp (104 kW) respectively.
The C115 was in production from 1945 to 1951, the C125 was in production from 1945 to 1952, and the C140 from 1945 to 1946.
[edit] Applications
[edit] C125
- Aero-Flight Streak
- Baumann Brigadier
- Call-Air A-3
- Globe Swift
- Grumman Tadpole
- Hockaday Comet
- KZ VII
- Meyers MAC-125
- Miles Gemini
[edit] Specifications (C125)
General characteristics
- Type: 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally opposed aircraft piston engine
- Bore: 4.0625 in (103 mm)
- Stroke: 3.625 in (92 mm)
- Displacement: 282 in³ (4.6 L)
- Dry weight: 286 lb (130 kg)
Components
- Cooling system: Air-cooled
Performance
- Power output: 125 hp (93 kW) at 2,550 rpm
- Specific power:
- Power-to-weight ratio:
[edit] Reference
- Gunston, Bill. (1986) World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Patrick Stephens: Wellingborough.
- Erickson, Jack. Horizontally-Opposed Piston Aero Engines
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