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Amy’s RV-10: Just Rewards
I knew it would run eventually; I just didn’t know when. I thought that the leaking right fuel tank would slow our RV-10 build down, but so far it is turning out to be just a blip. With little fanfare...
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News from Lycoming
Lycoming has announced a new program that provides significant discounts with the return of a select engine core. “We have many customers that have flown behind Lycoming Engines their entire flying...
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Mistral Rotary Moves Closer to Certification
A step forward in what has been viewed as a stop-start development program for the Mistral rotary aircraft engine was announced today. The company says preparations are underway to begin flying the...
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Glasair Aviation Announces Turbocharged, Carbon-Fiber Sportsman TC
Glasair Aviation's Sportsman TC in flight. Looking to inject new performance into the established Sportsman design, Glasair Aviation has created a new model by installing a turbocharged, 180-horsepower...
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Lycoming Discusses Development of IE2 and Availability of the IO-233 LSA Engine
Lancair's Piston Evolution features Lycoming's IE2 FADEC. Lycoming General Manager, Michael Kraft, announced yesterday that development of the IE2 FADEC system has reached the point where Lancair,...
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ECI Has 70+ New Parts for O-540 Engines
Engine builders looking for cost-effective components for newly constructed engines or overhauls have some additional options thanks to Engine Components, Inc. The San Antonio, Texas-based company has...
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Lycoming Wins Shingo Prize
Mike Kraft accepts the Shingo Prize on behalf of Lycoming. Lycoming Engines has been awarded the prestigious Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, making it one of only two companies to achieve the...
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Superior Adds to Availability of Millennium Cylinders
Superior's parallel-valve Lycoming cylinder. Cylinder assemblies for the Lycoming 360/540 series and Continental 520 series are now being shipped by Superior Air Parts. This marks the “next phase of...
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Kitfox and Lycoming Team up on O-233-Powered S7 Super Sport
The Kitfox S7 Super Sport, now in flight and gathering test and performance data, features the new Lycoming 115-horsepower O-233 with a Champion electronic ignition system. Kitfox is one of the first...
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Lycoming Going Strong
Mike Kraft of Lycoming Engines appeared at a press conference Monday at AirVenture, and said he sees signs of a recovery in the aviation market. We are coming out of the recession in good shape, Kraft...
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AvWeb Video: New Lycoming O-233 Takes Flight
By Paul Bertorelli, AVweb Editorial Director Compared to Rotax and even Continental, Lycoming hasn’t had much of a presence in the light sport market. It does now. Lycoming announced this week that...
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AVweb video: New IO-360 from Continental
While the industry awaits an unleaded replacement for 100LL, Continental has moved rapidly forward to certify a new version of its six-cylinder IO-360 that will run on lower octane fuel. At AOPA’s...
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Lycoming Set for UL 91 Unleaded Avgas Approval in Europe
Lycoming Engines has submitted for ASTM D7547 UL 91 unleaded avgas approval on numerous engine models across the 233, 235, 320 and 360 engine series. Engines in the 540 series will follow as Lycoming...
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Back to School!
Jim Doebler It’s a cold, snowy, sloppy week in Central Pennsylvania, home of Lycoming Engines – which is good, because we’re not going to be out enjoying the skies anyway! This week, we’re at the...
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Alphabet Soup
Pop Quiz – what’s the difference between an AEIO-360-B1F6 and a –B1G6? There’s an old joke that says that Lycoming once made two identical engines – but nobody can prove that it did! The genesis for...
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Rollin’, Rollin’, Rollin’…
Lycoming’s Roller Tappet doesn’t slide on the Cam lobe – the roller moves over it. Today’s session at the Lycoming Service School included a little hands on time with maybe the most “radical new...
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Everyone’s Welcome!
Who attends the Lycoming Service School? You’d be surprised at the variety! Personally, I have flown behind these (and other) engines for most of my life, and had always been interested in getting the...
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Piles of Parts
The class managed to turn four good Lycomings into four tables worth of parts of parts in just four short hours! Lycoming’s three-day Engine Disassembly and Reassembly course kicked off this morning,...
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Rubber Band Trick
I have watched and helped with the assembly of Lycoming engines before – but each time I’ve seen it done, there are little variations on the theme. For instance, many assemble the case around the...
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We Have an Engine!
Ready to be mounted on an airplane or test stand – but destined to simply be torn down by the next class. The Lycoming Disassembly & Assembly course wrapped up this morning as we studied and...
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