Continental O-240


The Continental O-240 engine is a four-cylinder, horizontally opposed, air-cooled aircraft engine that was developed in the late 1960s for use in light aircraft by Continental Motors, Inc. The first O-240 was certified on 7 July 1971.

Design and development

The O-240 was a new engine design derived from the six-cylinder Continental O-360 and introduced in 1971. It is generally similar in overall dimensions to the Continental O-200, but with a higher 8.5:1 compression ratio, designed to run on 100/130 avgas. The O-240 delivers 30% more power than the O-200 while it weighs only 12% more. It may be mounted in tractor or pusher configuration.
The O-240 was produced under license in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce Limited and was used to power the Reims-Cessna FRA150 Aerobat, a more powerful aerobatic model of the Cessna 150 constructed in France by Reims Aviation under license. Rolls-Royce acquired the rights to the O-240, but not the IO-240 in 1977.
The fuel-injected IO-240-A and -B were introduced in 1993. The A and B versions differ only in the type of fuel injector used.
The IOF-240 is similar to the IO-240-B except that it employs an Aerosance FADEC system to control the ignition and fuel injection systems. The engine was not selected to power any production North American-manufactured aircraft until the Liberty XL2 entered production in 2006 powered by the IOF-240-B.

Variants

;O-240-A
;IO-240-A
;IO-240-B
;IOF-240-B

Applications

;O-240
  • AESL Airtourer T3
  • Reims Cessna FRA150 Aerobat
  • Rutan Voyager
  • Practavia Sprite
  • Rollason Condor
  • St Croix Pietenpol Aerial
  • Tri-R KIS TR-1
  • Warner Revolution II
;IO-240
  • American Homebuilts John Doe
  • Diamond DA20-C1
  • Eagle Aircraft 150B
  • Rans S-16 Shekari
  • Roko Aero NG4
;IOF-240-B