The Continental IO-360 is a family of fuel-injected air-cooled, horizontally opposed six-cylinder aircraft engines manufactured by Continental Motors in the United States of America, now part of AVIC International since 2010. The engine is available in both naturally aspirated, fuel injected IO-360 models and turbocharged TSIO-360 versions. It is also available in both left and right hand rotation versions for use on twin-engined aircraft. There was no carbureted version of this engine, which would have been designation O-360, therefore the base model is the IO-360.

History

The IO-360 was first certified by the Federal Aviation Administration on 15 May 1962 to the CAR 13 certification standard, effective June 15, 1956, as amended by 13-1 thru 13–3. The engine is produced by Continental under Production Certificate No. 508. The turbocharged TSIO-360 series was first certified on 11 October 1966 to the Federal Aviation Regulations Part 33 standard effective February 1, 1965, as amended by 33–1. This series is manufactured under Production Certificate No. 7, except the TSIO-360-D which is under Production Certificate No. 508.

Variants

IO-360

TSIO-360

LTSIO-360

Applications

• Aero Boero AB-210 • AVE Mizar • Beriev Be-103 • Cessna 160 • Cessna R172K Hawk XP • Cessna Skymaster and military O-2 Skymaster • Cirrus SR20 • Cierva CR Twin • Flight Design C4 • Goodyear GZ-20 • Ilyushin Il-103 • Irkut A-002 • Maule M-4 • Maule M-5 • Mooney M20 • PAC CT/4 • Piper PA-28R-201T Turbo Arrow • Piper PA-28-201T Turbo Dakota • Piper PA-34 Seneca • PZL M-20 Mewa • Reims FR172J Reims Rocket • Ryan XV-8 • Sasin Spraymaster • T-41 Mescalero • White Lightning WLAC-1

Specifications (IO-360-A)