Building and Overhauling Aircraft Engines - A Visit to Continental Motors
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- čas přidán 10. 02. 2019
- SocialFlight recently visited Continental Motors Services for a tour of their aircraft engine overhaul facility as well as a tour of the Continental Motors factory in Mobile, AL. Learn all about how the factory builds and overhauls these amazing engines!
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This is what I'm talking about! Technical aspects of aviation is where it's at!
Where can I get the plans, or the 3D model, of this engine to see it in Solidworks?
I don’t know how to build engines. But I greatly appreciate the discipline and skill that goes into these masterpieces. Awesome to look at too. LOL
Thanks for sharing, great video and insight into the facility.
thank you and well done!
Well done! 👍🏼
Thanks Continental for allowing us to see your factory. There's an excellent chance that I'll never buy one of your engines as I don't fly but always nice to see high quality manufacturing by people who care ! Thanks again for the tour.
Where can I get the blueprints, or the 3D model, of this engine to see it in Solidworks?
Thank you! Wonderful video
Fantastic video, wish I could have taken some video when I was there. Glad to see they are easing up on the rules a little. I think letting aircraft owners and pilots see this information is better to help understand what goes into an engine like this.
Where can I get the plans, or the 3D model, of this engine to see it in Solidworks?
@@williamcaicedo461 I had a subscription to the manuals at Continental.aero. All the support documentation is located there. continental.aero/support/maintenance-manuals.aspx
Thank's for video! I need this now for repair my O-470. Super!
Regards, Bob. Kazakhstan. C-182
more build please!
I see what looks to me like the IO550N cross flow engine near the end, I need a IO550N56B for my C206.
Really cool video. As an air-cooled Porsche enthusiast, I'm interested in how similar their engines are.
Mooney PFM was a Porsche 3.2l engine.
Where can I get the plans, or the 3D model, of this engine to see it in Solidworks?
Very interesting video, thank you for posting it. I haven't seen a Lycoming engine since we worked on them in our A&P school back in the early 80s. It was very interesting to see cylinder honing by hand as shown here. We had a machine attached overhead with spring loading, you held a handle on each side of the honing device and moved it in and out of the cylinder as it rotated inside of the cylinder.
He wasn’t honing the cylinder, he was lapping the valves.
12 /27/2020
You stated that crankcases are forged and then you stated they were castings. Which is it : forged or cast?
God bless you
Anyone know anything about the water cooled continentals? Are they any good?
does continental make a roller cam engine yet like the io-390.
Continental's newly designed 180 hp Prime IO-370-D3A engine has roller cams, but not the other Continental engines. I suspect that it's not as critical in the other engines because the cam is at the bottom of the engine with lots of oil vs. the Lycoming design.
How many threads are there on the steel barrel when it is screwed into the aluminum head.
Are these threads rolled or cut-?
What would be the average turn around on a prop strike TSIO-360?
Perfect vídeo, congratulations .
Since I live in Mobile, I guess I should get a plane with a Continental motor!
Continental is owned by The Communist Party of China, for that reason I own a Lycoming.
if anyone knows and you may not, what is the safer motor, the Continental or the Lycoming for GA aircraft motor?
Where can I get the blueprints, or the 3D model, of this engine to see it in Solidworks?
Clearly the Lycoming is safer since it is not tainted by Chinese ownership. Shame on Teledyne-Continental for this disgraceful situation.
Nice engine, I'm a automotive mechanic who later became an airplane mechanic. Those airplane piston engines are way easier to work on compared to automotive engines. Airplane piston engines are base and easy to work on.
Because they are 1940's technology.
Wow, they literally make engines overthere
Might want to update this video with a tour of CAT’s new “Blue Marlin” facility.
Who is CAT? I'm thinking Caterpillar but I have a feeling I am wrong.
@@heathbauerle2787 Continental recently changed their name to Continental Aerospace Technologies. I deal with them everyday as they took all of their warranty back in house and TSIO550K’s “EAT” cylinders!
@@johnmerriman9355 Interesting.
Why not supporting/overhauling Continental O-300C engines ?
What's the gold finish on the engines?
Alodine
Interesting that engines used in general aviation are somewhat primitive in design and low in output relative to displacement compared to automotive engines. I'm assuming this is because reliability is paramount and as a result aviation engines are conservative in design?
Aircraft engines are designed with reliability as top concern. Engine failure in a car is an inconvenience. In an airplane it can be fatal.
Plus aircraft engines run prolonged periods of time at a much higher power level than a car engine. A car engine may cruise at 40 of its 300 or more horsepower. An 300 horsepower aircraft engine cruises at 200-225 horsepower for hours on end for bulk of its life.
Not the case, old technology because of cost to certify an engine.
The only reason is because the cost to certify a new engine is enormous. It is much better for these engine manufacturers to keep selling the 1940s technology engine at insane prices (more than $50,000 each). If other competition comes, they would probably start making a better engine, but it's tough with the insane certification costs.
There is no other reason than this. Not due to being conservative or some other reason people make up. This is the only reason.
You showed the man lapping the valves to the seats but where is the valve seat grinder? I hope they dont pound in valve seats and just lap in valves . Lapping compound wont wash with me.
That’s just the last step in the process. We weren’t able to film every step in the process.
@@SocialFlight I didnt think they would skip that step, but in the room where they service and assemble the heads there was no valve or valve seat grinding machine. Thanks for the reply
Looks similiar to porsche air cooled engine
Yah ' stroke it again . American Jigalow
What the world needs is a small turboprop that will put the 520/550 Continentals and the 540 Lycoming where they belong-with the OX-5’s, Wright Whirlwinds and Rangers on engine stands in museums.
Where can I get the blueprints, or the 3D model, of this engine to see it in Solidworks?
I thought that what the World needs now...is Love...Sweet Love. It's the only thing that there's just too little of.
Except for a small Turboprop in the 350 - 400 HP range.
For the Museum, don't forget the Le Rhône rotary engines, the P&W R-4360 and R-2800. The Wright Turbo-Compound R-3350. The Rolls Royce Merlin, the Allison V-1710, the BMW 801 and the Daimler-Benz DB 605. All famous historical piston aircraft engines.
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Supply chain ie parts are made all over the place not at Continental.
I can't belive you don't grind off all the casting flash off the rods and shot peen them before balancing them, just basic hot rod stuff
This is why you go to an engine place like this. Don't trust your life on a local airport fix...
Never mentioned it is owned by the Chinese!!
AVIC Chinese government ownership, out of control engine and parts prices. We purchased a $50k factory rebuilt engine, the overhauled alternator never worked right, but when it finally failed due to internal short, Continental wouldn't replace it because it was out of warranty. These "amazing engines" are obsolete technology, suffer premature failures if not babied, use air cooling instead of modern liquid cooling, have no ECU, no EFI, nor any other common modern auto tech. These engines are like WWII radials: pricy boutique-produced antiques. We could do so much better.
The only way I’d feel comfortable buying old used aircraft is getting a complete rehaul done, new propeller, etc. Turn the mechanics into a brand new aircraft. Otherwise I am just scared to get my ppl.
Flying is not for you . . .
Problems show up before 250 hours or closer to TBO. Monitor your oil & sparkplug condition, great indicators. New is NOT a guarantee of mechanical fitness of the entire airplane.
@@TRPGpilot It is, it's just that far too many small airplanes crash where i live. In the news every other week.
@@paulstein7369 There was a small plane that just got maintenance done, wasn't overweight, everything was fine, but the plane decides to go nose done into the freeway shortly after takeoff. No other engines to save the people on board. One and done. No parachute. That's scary man. I was checking out the sr-22 with the airframe chute, but it's pricey for sure.
@@creaky2436 the biggest killers are VMC into to IMC, and CFIT. That second engine in a twin is deadly if not handled correctly after having an EFAT.
It is So embarrassing these engines are still in use!
Lead fuel, inefficient, low time between overhaul and more expensive than an entire car!