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| industry=[General Aviation, [airline, and [defense industry
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Continental Motors is a corporation in Mobile, Alabama, USA, that produces aircraft engines. They are currently part of the
Teledyne conglomerate, and properly known as
Teledyne Continental.
The company produced engines for various independent manufacturers of automobiles, tractors, and stationary equipment (i.e. pumps,
generators, machinery drives) from the 1920s through the 1960s.
The company had two major production plants located in
Michigan, in the cities of Muskegon and
Detroit. The Detroit plant closed in 1965.
Continental Motors also produced Continental automobile branded automobiles in 1932/1933 based upon the 1931 De Vaux, a product of the De Vaux Motors Corporations of Oakland, California, which had been using body dies left over from the former Durant (automobile) produced by Durant Motors until 1930.
Although Continental is most well known for its light aviation engines, they were also contracted to produce the air-cooled V12 "AV-1790-5B" gasoline engine for the U.S. Army's M47 Patton tank and the diesel AVDS-1790-2A and its derivatives for the M48 Patton and M60 Patton series
Tank classification.
Company history
1905 in aviation Continental Motors is born with the introduction of a four-cylinder, four stroke cycle L-head
internal combustion engine operated by a single
camshaft.
1906 in aviation Type "O" 45 hp (34 kW) engine is developed to power aircraft.
1929 in aviation A-70
radial engine, seven-cylinder engine is introduced.
1930 in aviation A-40 four-cylinder engine is introduced.
1938 in aviation A-50 is added to the lineup to power the
Piper Cub and
Taylorcraft Aircraft.
1939 in aviation Continental builds aircraft engines for use in British and American tanks.
1945 in aviation Six-cylinder E-185 developed for Beechcraft Bonanza.
1950s
Continental A-65 developed into the more powerful C-90 and eventually to the 100 hp (75 kW)
Continental O-200. The latter powered a very important airplane design milestone: the
Cessna 150.
1960s turbocharger and
fuel injection are brought to general aviation. A turbocharger allows the engine to power the aircraft to a higher altitude where the air is thinner. This can occasionally allow the aircraft to fly above a storm, which is a major safety benefit. Fuel injection allows the aircraft to perform aggressive maneuvers without suffering the fuel starvation that a carburetor may incur. The IO-520's applications expand to dominate the market.
1972 6-285 Tiara 285hp@4000 (4.875x4.625 = 406cuin) and 6-320 320hp high output engines dropped after 1978.
1984 in aviation TSIO-520-BE for the The New Piper Aircraft Malibu. It sets new efficiency standards for light aircraft piston engines.
1986 in aviation Powered by a liquid cooled version of the IO-240, the Rutan Voyager is the first piston-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the world without refueling.
1997 in aviation NASA selects Continental to develop and produce GAP, a new 200-hp piston engine that operates on Jet-A fuel. This is in response to 100-octane aviation gasoline becoming less available in the face of decreased demand, as a result of smaller
turboprop engines becoming more prevalent due to their long service life.
1999 in aviation Continental develops and tests its first FADEC-equipped engine.
Source; excerpt and wikified from official site.
Continental Motors continues to build engines for aircraft and is currently (2005) a division of
Teledyne Technologies Company.
Automobiles Using Continental Engines
- Checker Motors Corporation (pre-1965)
- Durant Motors (including Durant, Flint and Star brand cars)
- Jeep (during World War II)
- Kaiser-Frazer Corporation (including Allstate, Frazer, Henry J, Kaiser and post-1953 Willys brand cars)
- Keller (automobile)
- Velie
- Willys
- Abbott-Detroit
External links
Teledyne Continental Motors TCM official site
"Flying With Forty Horses" by Chet Peek - Book covering the story of the Continental A-40, the engine which revived the struggling aviation industry during the Great Depression
See also
References
{{Infobox Company| company_name=Teledyne Continental Motors
| company_logo=]
| company_type=[Division (organization)
| foundation=1905
| key_people=
| industry=[General Aviation, [airline, and [defense industry
| location=[Mobile, Alabama
| products=[Continental O-200, [Continental IO-240
| num_employees=
| parent=[Teledyne Technologies
| homepage=http://www.tcmlink.com/ tcmlink.com
-->
Continental Motors is a corporation in Mobile, Alabama, USA, that produces
aircraft engines. They are currently part of the
Teledyne conglomerate, and properly known as
Teledyne Continental.
The company produced engines for various independent manufacturers of automobiles, tractors, and stationary equipment (i.e.
pumps,
generators, machinery drives) from the 1920s through the 1960s.
The company had two major production plants located in
Michigan, in the cities of Muskegon and Detroit. The Detroit plant closed in 1965.
Continental Motors also produced
Continental automobile branded automobiles in 1932/1933 based upon the 1931
De Vaux, a product of the De Vaux Motors Corporations of Oakland, California, which had been using body dies left over from the former Durant (automobile) produced by Durant Motors until 1930.
Although Continental is most well known for its light aviation engines, they were also contracted to produce the air-cooled V12 "AV-1790-5B"
gasoline engine for the U.S. Army's M47 Patton tank and the
diesel AVDS-1790-2A and its derivatives for the M48 Patton and M60 Patton series Tank classification.
Company history
1905 in aviation Continental Motors is born with the introduction of a four-cylinder, four stroke cycle L-head
internal combustion engine operated by a single
camshaft.
1906 in aviation Type "O" 45 hp (34 kW) engine is developed to power aircraft.
1929 in aviation A-70 radial engine, seven-cylinder engine is introduced.
1930 in aviation A-40 four-cylinder engine is introduced.
1938 in aviation A-50 is added to the lineup to power the Piper Cub and
Taylorcraft Aircraft.
1939 in aviation Continental builds aircraft engines for use in British and American tanks.
1945 in aviation Six-cylinder E-185 developed for Beechcraft Bonanza.
1950s Continental A-65 developed into the more powerful C-90 and eventually to the 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200. The latter powered a very important airplane design milestone: the
Cessna 150.
1960s turbocharger and fuel injection are brought to general aviation. A turbocharger allows the engine to power the aircraft to a higher altitude where the air is thinner. This can occasionally allow the aircraft to fly above a storm, which is a major safety benefit. Fuel injection allows the aircraft to perform aggressive maneuvers without suffering the fuel starvation that a carburetor may incur. The IO-520's applications expand to dominate the market.
1972 6-285 Tiara 285hp@4000 (4.875x4.625 = 406cuin) and 6-320 320hp high output engines dropped after 1978.
1984 in aviation TSIO-520-BE for the
The New Piper Aircraft Malibu. It sets new efficiency standards for light aircraft piston engines.
1986 in aviation Powered by a liquid cooled version of the IO-240, the Rutan Voyager is the first piston-powered aircraft to circumnavigate the world without refueling.
1997 in aviation NASA selects Continental to develop and produce GAP, a new 200-hp piston engine that operates on Jet-A fuel. This is in response to 100-octane aviation gasoline becoming less available in the face of decreased demand, as a result of smaller turboprop engines becoming more prevalent due to their long service life.
1999 in aviation Continental develops and tests its first
FADEC-equipped engine.
Source; excerpt and wikified from official site.
Continental Motors continues to build engines for aircraft and is currently (2005) a division of
Teledyne Technologies Company.
Automobiles Using Continental Engines
External links
Teledyne Continental Motors TCM official site
"Flying With Forty Horses" by Chet Peek - Book covering the story of the Continental A-40, the engine which revived the struggling aviation industry during the Great Depression
See also
References
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