frank marriott Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Engine failures come in all engines. Contential IO540 Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Evans Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Bugger bet that made a noise when she let go >>> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RKW Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 This one grabbed my attention when visiting HARS a while back. From a P&W R1830 powering one of their DC3's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Sure it's a Cont IO-540? If it's Continetal it would have to be 520, Lycoming is 540 is it not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryanm Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Just the images you dont want running through your mind when your flying a Titan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank marriott Posted February 3, 2012 Author Share Posted February 3, 2012 Sure it's a Cont IO-540? If it's Continetal it would have to be 520, Lycoming is 540 is it not? Thomo I thought the LAME said it was a Continetal when I spoke to him. Whatever Barrons run? Still not pretty whatever the make. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 No worries Frank, wasn't concerned just curious myself. Seems it depends on the age, and model of Baron... as they started off with Cont. 470, then 520, then Lycoming 540 etc... so we'll have to just contend ourselves with that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza 38 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 All engines fail from time to time.Some brand of engines alot more than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 The Continentals are pretty good at popping heads off, especially in C210s for some reason. When working on Cessna ag-planes a few years back, we would change five Continental cylinders to one Lycoming, on average. It was not uncommon to change at least one, and possibly more, each 100 hrly, on the ag-planes. Remember these are working aircraft which do fully loaded takeoffs all their life, so a 100 hours for them, is not like a 100 hours for you and I. We recently popped a cylinder-head off one of the Beavers, but you only loose 1/9th the power. A water landing at Shute Harbour, a quick cylinder change and back in service. The R985 Beaver engines come out of Tulsa Ok, with redone cylinders. There are no new cylinders available anymore. They do Xray and ultrasound them to look for internal defects, but who really knows what those cylinders have been through. We had another from them under warranty within a week. The IO540s which I suppect Franks' cylinder is from, are also mostly fitted to working aircraft also, E: Barons, Chieftans, islanders etc. and most would be running redone cylinders also. below are some photos of the Beaver cylinder that failed. It's finished it's aviation career and the barrel is now in the hangar toilet as a brush holder !! The heads on the beaver cylinders are actually screwed onto the cylinder barrel whilst heated. It is ment to be there for it's life. The lycomings and Continentals may be one piece castings that are then machined....................................Maj... ...............................................Maj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffreywh Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Nah......Continentals and Lycomings are head and barrel screwed together...Heads are alloy and barrels steel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maj Millard Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Ok, that's right yes.....................................................Maj... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffBrown Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Hi all, Barons would run the 470s or the 520s......Continental engines. A lot has to do with cylinders being recycled at overhaul instead of being trashed, and pilot technique as far as rapid or shock cooling on desent......and then theres' just old age...bit like Maj Millard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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