TEXTRON LYCOMING 540 Series Certified Aircraft Engines
  • TEXTRON LYCOMING 540 Series Certified Aircraft Engines

TEXTRON LYCOMING™ 540 Series Certified Six-Cylinder Aircraft Engines SKU: LYC-ENG-AERO-540

The TEXTRON LYCOMING 540 Series six-cylinder aircraft engines are powerful and durable, delivering 235 to 360 hp at up to 2,700 rpm. The 540 engine family is a six-cylinder version of the four-cylinder LYCOMING 360 series and  includes air-cooled six-cylinder, horizontally opposed fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter engines of 541.5 cubic inch (8,874 cc) displacement. The 540 series engines are installed in a large variety of aircraft and compete with those of the Continental IO-520 and IO-550 series. Minimum fuel grade 100 or 100LL AvGas. Please refer to the Product Description section for an overview of 540 Series engine variants.

The specifications of TEXTRON LYCOMING engines are set in their PNs and  ENPL number because every engine is provided with slightly different specifications depending on the aircraft application.

The TEXTRON LYCOMING 540 Series engines can be supplied as OUTRIGHT SALE which does not require a trade in engine or core excharge or with core return. Engine prices differentiate on the basis of the selected sale option, condition as well as engine configuration and require confirmation at the time of ordering. Please contact us,  indicating the engine ENPL (whenever possible) for additional information and a quotation.

TEXTRON LYCOMING 540 Series Engine Variants

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 300 hp (220 kW) engine with fuel injection and inverted lubrication for high-performance competition aerobatics aircraft such as the Extra 300, CAP 232, and Zivko Edge 540.

TIO-540 - Turbocharged and fuel-injected engine.

TEO-540 - Turbocharged engine producing up to 375 hp (280 kW) with independent electronic sensors and fuel injection controls for each cylinder, which manage detonation and exhaust gas temperature and make the engine compatible with a range of fuel compositions.

LTIO-540 - Left-hand (opposite-direction) rotation, turbocharged, fuel-injected engine.

IGO-540 - Normally aspirated with fuel injection, dry sump engine built specifically for the Aero Commander 560F. The gearbox is located at the front end of the crankshaft to drive the propeller at fewer revolutions per minute than the engine.

TIGO-540 - Turbo-charged, injected and geared engine.

IGSO-540 - Supercharged engine with supercharger driven by the engine, gearbox to drive propeller, and fuel injection.

VO-540 - Vertically mounted engine for use in a helicopter, normally aspirated and equipped with a carburetor.

IVO-540 - Normally aspirated engine with fuel injection, mounted vertically for use in a helicopter.

TVO-540 - Turbocharged engine equipped with a carburetor, mounted vertically for use in a helicopter.

TIVO-540 - Turbocharged engine with fuel injection, mounted vertically for use in a helicopter.

HIO-540- Helicopter engine mounted horizontally as in fixed-wing aircraft, normally aspirated with fuel injection.

TIO-541 - Same as a TIO-540 with an integral accessory drive.

TIGO-541 - Same as a TIGO-540 with an integral accessory drive.

LYC-ENG-AERO-540

Data sheet

Certification/Approval
FAA Authorized Release Certificate, Airworthiness Approval Tag (8130-3 Form)
Taric
8407100090 Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston aircraft engines
Unit of Measurement (UOM) / Sale
Each (ea.)
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) Code
34731100-1 Aircraft engines

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