![]() ![]() ![]() O-540 Standard, direct-drive, normally aspirated Opposed engine, equipped with a carburetor IO-540 Normally aspirated engine with fuel Injection AEIO-540 Normally aspirated engine with fuel injection and inverted lubrication for Aerobatic use TIO-540 Turbocharged and fuel-injectedĪn LTIO-540 mounted on the right wing of a Piper Chieftain: The turbocharger can be seen in the upper right of the image. The numerous engine suffixes denote different accessories such as different manufacturers' carburetors, or different magnetos. Variants Īll engines have an additional prefix preceding the 540 to indicate the specific configuration of the engine. The AEIO-540 family has achieved tremendous results in competition aircraft such as the Extra 300, CAP 232, and Zivko Edge 540. Starting at 260 hp (190 kW), the power was then improved to 300 hp (220 kW). The AEIO version was developed for high-performance competition aerobatics aircraft. Their main competitive engine is the Continental IO-520 and IO-550 series. They are installed on a large number of different aircraft types. Generally these engines produce 230 to 350 horsepower. The engine is a six-cylinder version of the four-cylinder Lycoming O-360. The Lycoming O-540 is a family of air-cooled six-cylinder, horizontally opposedfixed-wing aircraft and helicopter engines of 541.5 cubic inch (8,874 cc) displacement, made by Lycoming Engines.
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