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Dual ignition, 130 hp (97 kW) at 2800 rpm, dry weight 246 lb (112 kg) including starter and generator. Uses a Marvel-Schebler MA-3SPA IO 5067 carburetor. Certified 7 July 1971
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system to control the ignition and fuel injection systems. The engine was not selected to power any production North American-manufactured aircraft until the
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system controls the ignition and fuel injection systems, 125 hp (93 kW) at 2800 rpm, dry weight 255 lb (116 kg)
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Dual ignition, 125 hp (93 kW) at 2800 rpm, dry weight 246 lb (112 kg), uses a TCM 639231A34 fuel injector
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Dual ignition, 125 hp (93 kW) at 2800 rpm, dry weight 246 lb (112 kg), uses a TCM 639231A27 fuel injector
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engine is a four-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled aircraft engine that was developed in the late 1960s for use in
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IO-240-A and -B were introduced in 1993. The A and B versions differ only in the type of fuel injector used.
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and was used to power the Reims-Cessna FRA150 Aerobat, a more powerful aerobatic model of the
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under license. Rolls-Royce acquired the rights to the O-240, but not the IO-240 in 1977.
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The 130 hp (97 kW) O-240 was a new engine design derived from the six-cylinder
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Continental Motors, Teledyne Continental, and Continental Aerospace Technologies
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and introduced in 1971. It is generally similar in overall dimensions to the
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The IOF-240 is similar to the IO-240-B except that it employs an Aerosance
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entered production in 2006 powered by the IOF-240-B.
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Teledyne Continental IO-240

Piston
aero-engine
Teledyne Continental Motors
Issoire APM 40 Simba
Diamond DA20-C1
AESL Airtourer
Liberty XL2
Continental O-360
light aircraft
Continental Motors, Inc.
Continental O-360
Continental O-200
avgas
tractor
pusher configuration
United Kingdom
Rolls-Royce Limited
Cessna 150
France
Reims Aviation
fuel-injected
FADEC
Liberty XL2
FADEC

Liberty XL2
AESL Airtourer T3
Reims Cessna FRA150 Aerobat

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