Continental O-200

C90/O-200
O-200-A installed in a Cessna 150
Type Piston aircraft engine
National origin United States
Manufacturer Teledyne Continental Motors
First run 1947
Major applications Cessna 140
Cessna 150
Cessna 162 Skycatcher
ERCO Ercoupe
RLU-1 Breezy
Produced 1947-1980s (for GA)
2004-present (for LSA sector)
Developed from Continental O-190

The Continental C90 and O-200 are a family of air-cooled, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder, direct-drive aircraft engines of 201 in3 (3.29 L) displacement, producing between 90 and 100 horsepower (67 and 75 kW).[1]

Built by Continental Motors these engines are used in many light aircraft designs of the United States, including the early Piper PA-18 Super Cub,[2] the Champion 7EC,[3] the Alon Aircoupe,[4] and the Cessna 150.[5]

Though the C90 was superseded by the O-200, and many of the designs utilizing the O-200 had gone out of production by 1980, with the 2004 publication of the United States Federal Aviation Administration light-sport aircraft regulations[6] came a resurgence in demand for the O-200.

  1. ^ Federal Aviation Administration, Type certificate data sheet no. E-252 Archived 2021-06-02 at the Wayback Machine. Revision 34. (27 June 2013)
  2. ^ Aircraft specification no. 1A2. Revision 37. (Sep. 4, 1996.) Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.
  3. ^ Aircraft specification no. A-759. Revision 67. (Jun. 3, 2005.) Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.
  4. ^ Type certificate date sheet no. A-787. Revision 33. (Jul. 14, 2005.) Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.
  5. ^ Type certificate data sheet no. 3A19. Revision 44. (Mar. 31, 2003) Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration.
  6. ^ Federal Register. Vol. 69, No. 143 (Jul. 27, 2004), pp. 44772-44882. Federal Aviation Administration, 14 CFR Parts 1, 21, et al., "Certification of aircraft and airmen for the operation of light-sport aircraft;" Final rule.