Lycoming O-360


The Lycoming O-360 is a family of four-cylinder, direct-drive, horizontally opposed, air-cooled, piston aircraft engines. Engines in the O-360 series produce between, with the basic O-360 producing.
The engine family has been installed in thousands of aircraft, including the Cessna 172, Piper Cherokee/Archer, Grumman Tiger, and many home-built types. It has a factory rated time between overhaul of 2000 hours or twelve years. O-360 family engines are also widely used in airboats, most notably in the Hurricane Aircats used by the US Army during the Vietnam War.
The first O-360 certified was the A1A model, certified on 20 July 1955 to United States CAR 13 effective March 5, 1952 as amended by 13-1 and 13-2. The Lycoming IO-390 is an O-360 which has had its cylinder bore increased by, developing.

Series

The O-360 family of engines comprises 167 different models with 12 different prefixes. All have a displacement and bore and stroke.O-360 carbureted seriesHO-360 horizontally mounted series for helicopter installationLO-360 same as O-360, but with left-hand rotating crankshaft, for use in pairs on twin-engined aircraftTO-360 turbocharged seriesLTO-360 turbocharged left-hand rotation seriesIO-360 fuel-injected seriesLIO-360 same as IO-360, but with left-hand rotating crankshaft AIO-360 inverted mount fuel-injected seriesAEIO-360 aerobatic fuel-injected seriesHIO-360 horizontally mounted fuel-injected series for helicoptersLHIO-360 left-hand rotation, fuel-injected, horizontally mounted for helicoptersTIO-360 turbocharged and fuel-injected series

Applications

;O-360
;LO-360
;IO-360
;LIO-360
;AIO-360
;AEIO-360
;HIO-360
;LHIO-360