Lycoming IO-360???

[MusketeerMan]

Just want to make sure I have all the engine facts for my commercial ride on Thursday. Does the "I" in IO-360 stand for fuel injected? You'd think this is easy to find, but I've had a hard time finding this out. I know the 360 is cubic inches...but the others are puzzling me.

 

[flyTotheSky]

Yes Sir.

I for fuel injected.

O for horizontally opposed cylinders.

 

[flyTotheSky]

Oh yea...good luck on the checkride!

Are you flying a piper arrow for the checkride? I don't know of any cessna singles that you could fly your commerical ride in that are fuel-injected. For my commerical ride I flew an old 182RG with the old school carb heat and all. That thing hauls though man!

 

[MusketeerMan]

Oh yea...good luck on the checkride!

Are you flying a piper arrow for the checkride? I don't know of any cessna singles that you could fly your commerical ride in that are fuel-injected. For my commerical ride I flew an old 182RG with the old school carb heat and all. That thing hauls though man!

Thanks for the quick reply!!

I'm actually flying my plane, a Beech Musketeer for all of the comm. maneuvers and then we'll jump in the Arrow to show that I can fly a complex airplane and understand the systems.

I know...it sets me up for more problems in 2 planes, but it's a heck of a lot cheaper learning maneuvers in your own plane than paying $130/hour to learn them in an Arrow.

 

[flyTotheSky]

That's cool! I didn't know you could switch out planes like that mid-checkride.

Good luck!

 

[MusketeerMan]

Yeah...you just have to get an examiner that "doesn't mind" doing it. It's perfectly legal to do switch, though they'd all rather do it in one because it adds time.

 

[USMCmech]

I = Fuel Injected

O = Horizontaly opposed

360 = total engine displacement of 360 cubic inches



Other leters and numbers after the dispacement refer to several options which you don't need to know of the top of your head, but you can look up on the manufacturers website and manuals.

Other common prefixes

G = Reduction Geared, Engine turns at 3300 RPM while the prop turns at 2500

R = Radial (love round engines)

T = Turbocharged

S = Supercharged

H = Helicopter instalation

 

[PanJet]

I = Fuel Injected

O = Horizontaly opposed

360 = total engine displacement of 360 cubic inches



Other leters and numbers after the dispacement refer to several options which you don't need to know of the top of your head, but you can look up on the manufacturers website and manuals.

Other common prefixes

G = Reduction Geared, Engine turns at 3300 RPM while the prop turns at 2500

R = Radial (love round engines)

T = Turbocharged

S = Supercharged

H = Helicopter instalation

Just wanted to add one that most people don't think about:

L = Counterclockwise turning engine; usually the right engine on twins which have counterrotating props to offset the critical engine tendancies. e.g. LIO-360

 

[launchpad]

took a minute, but here it is http://www.lycoming.textron.com/main.jsp?bodyPage=support/publications/keyReprints/maintenance/modelCode.html

good stuff..http://www.lycoming.textron.com/mai...ications/keyReprints/general/definitions.html

 

[mtsu_av8er]

Yeah...you just have to get an examiner that "doesn't mind" doing it. It's perfectly legal to do switch, though they'd all rather do it in one because it adds time.

I did my CFI-A in two planes. The examiner was pretty happy - .5 with me in the airplane, and he needed another smoke!!:insane:

 

[wheelsup]

172 for the maneuvers, mooney for the landings

worked out well, I liked having the break

 

[meritflyer]

What does TSIO-360-FB mean?

 

[PanJet]

What does TSIO-360-FB mean?

If I'm not mistaken, the last digits or letters after the displacement is the specific model ID. There are many versions of the TSIO-360 that produce varying horsepower, etc., so they identify them by model codes.