Lycoming IO-580

This article is about the 1997 era fuel-injected, six-cylinder aircraft engine series. For the 1959 eight-cylinder, geared, supercharged engine, see Lycoming GSO-580.
IO-580
Lycoming AEIO-580 installed in an Extra 330LC
Type Piston aero engine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Lycoming Engines
First run 1996
Major applications Extra 330
Expedition E350
XtremeAir Sbach 342
Produced 1997–present
Developed into Lycoming IO-390

The Lycoming IO-580 engine is a horizontally opposed, six-cylinder aircraft engine featuring three cylinders per side, manufactured by Lycoming Engines.[1]

There is no carburetted version of the engine, which would have been designated O-580 and therefore the base model is the IO-580.[2]

This engine family competes with the Continental IO-550 series which are also six-cylinder engines with similar power output and weight.[3]

  1. ^ Lycoming Engines (n.d.). "Lycoming IO-580". Retrieved 2009-01-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (August 2007). "Type Certificate Data Sheet No. E00004NY, Revision 1". Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  3. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (March 2007). "Type Certificate Data Sheet No. E3SO Revision 10". Retrieved 2008-12-28.