Avgas Aircraft Engines

The last couple of years development in aircraft engines has been more or less concentrating on diesel engines. We have seen one off installations to fully developed engine production lines. A number of companies are active on this market primarily due to major concern of long term availability and the relative high price of AVgas (Europe). JET fuel (avtur) is worldwide available and can be used in diesel engines. This fuel can also be made of renewable sources (biomass) which contribute to a cleaner environment.

But as there are lots of Avgas engines still being produced and consequently used and installed by kit aircraft builders, we spend some time with Lycoming and Continental type of aircraft engines.

And as perfectly said by Lycoming: Some engines purr like kittens. These roar!

Lycoming Textron 235 Series

235 Series Specifications.