GSO-580 | |
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Type | Piston aero-engine |
Manufacturer | Lycoming Engines |
Major applications | Beechcraft Model 34 Fairchild XNQ |
Produced | 1948–1961 |
The Lycoming GSO-580 is a family of eight-cylinder horizontally opposed, supercharged, carburetor-equipped aircraft engines for both airplanes and helicopters, manufactured by Lycoming Engines in the late 1950s and early 1960s.[1][2]
The family includes the original GSO-580 fixed-wing aircraft engine series, as well as the later SO-580 and VSO-580 helicopter engines. There is no non-supercharged, non-geared version of the engine, which would have been designated O-580 and therefore the base model is the GSO-580.[1][2]