Lycoming is making quick progress with its IE2 electronic engine controls in the Lancair Evolution. The company is shooting for a certified ...
This is a 1943 Lycoming R-680 300 HP 9 cylinder radial airplane engine.
at the HCC AERO school firing up a lycoming O-540 aircraft engine
Operating as a small subsidiary of Auburn Auto Company, Lycoming produced its first aeronautical engine the R-680, in 1929. The engine’s straightforward design and overall reliability established the company as a leader in the design and manufacture of aircraft engines. As a result...
In response to an Air Force request in 1952 for a 500- to 700-horsepower turboprop engine, Lycoming produced two designs, both of which could be converted to turboshafts to power helicopters by removing the propeller gearbox. Lycoming was awarded a contract to develop a free-turbine...
Lycoming entered the light-aircraft engine field early in 1938 with the introduction of the air-cooled, four-cylinder, horizontally opposed O-145 engine. Along with Continental and Franklin, Lycoming was a basic provider of engines for the ubiquitous bright yellow Piper Cub, which sold...
