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
A flat-four engine, also known as a horizontally opposed-four engine, is a four-cylinder piston engine with two banks of cylinders lying on opposite sides of a common crankshaft. The most common type of flat-four engine is the boxer-four engine, ...
configuration, the engines produced 75 hp (56 kW) or 85 hp (63 kW) respectively.
[Teledyne Continental Motors: ''Continental Aircraft Engine Operator's Manual'', pages 4-5. Teledyne Continental Motors, FAA Approved December 1980. Continental Form No. X30012]
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
;C75-8:
;C75-8:
;C75-8F:
;C75-8FH:
;C75-8FHJ:
;C75-8FJ:
;C75-8J:
;C75-12:
;C75-12F:
;C75-12FH:
;C75-12FHJ:
;C75-12FJ:
;C75-12J:
;C75-12B:
;C75-12BF:
;C75-12BFH:
;C75-15:
;C75-15F:
C85
;C85-8:
;C85-8F:
;C85-8FHJ:
;C85-8FJ:
;C85-8J:
;C85-12:
;C85-12F:
;C85-12FH:
;C85-12FHJ:
;C85-12FJ:
;C85-12J:
;C85-14F:
;C85-15:
;C85-15F:
Applications
C75
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Auster Arrow
The Auster J/2 Arrow is a 1940s British single-engined two-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire, England.
History
The Arrow was designed as a successor to the pre-war Taylorcraft Plus C ...
*
ERCO Ercoupe 415-C (postwar), 415-CD, 415-D, 415-H
*
Thorp T-11
The T-211 is a light aircraft designed in the US by John Thorp in 1945. It is a low-wing monoplane of conventional layout with fixed tricycle undercarriage and a sliding canopy. John Thorp developed the Sky Scooter with lessons learned from develo ...
C85
Specifications (C85)
See also
References
* Gunston, Bill. (1986) ''World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines''. Patrick Stephens: Wellingborough.
* Erickson, Jack.
Horizontally-Opposed Piston Aero Engines'
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O-190
Boxer engines
1940s aircraft piston engines