The Continental O-190 (Company designations C75 and C85) is a series of engines made by Continental Motors beginning in the 1940s. Of flat-four configuration, the engines produced 75 hp (56 kW) or 85 hp (63 kW) respectively. The two variants shared the same bore, stroke and compression ratio. The C85 produced ten extra horsepower by virtue of having a maximum permissible rpm of 2575 versus the 2275 of the C75. The C75 was in production from 1943 to 1952 and the C85 from 1944 to 1970.

Variants

C75

C85

Applications

C75

C85

• Aerauto PL.5C • Aero-Flight Streak • Aeronca 7DC Champion • Aeronca L-16A (7BCM Champion) • Aeronca 11BC Chief, 11CC Super Chief • Aeronca 12AC Chum (license-built ERCO Ercoupe) • All-American Ensign • Ambrosini Rondone • Carlson Sparrow • Cessna 120 and 140 • Commonwealth Skyranger and Trimmer • Culver V • Druine Turbi • ERCO Ercoupe 415-E, 415-F, 415-G • Eaves Cougar 1 • Fleet 80 and 81 • Fisher Celebrity • Fisher Dakota Hawk • Funk B-85-C • Globe Swift • Jurca Tempête • Heinonen HK-1 • LeVier Cosmic Wind • Lombardi FL.3 • Luscombe 8E Silvaire Deluxe • Macchi MB-308 • Phoenix Major • Piel Emeraude • Smith Miniplane • Stits Playboy • Taylor Titch • Taylorcraft BC-12D-85, BCS-12D-85, BC-12D-4-85, BCS-12D-4-85, Model 19

Specifications (C85)