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Old 10-01-2014, 03:33 PM
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Can anyone shed some light on a group of Superior 0360 engines originally owned by the government however never used 0 time engines that were later reconditioned and sold again by Superior. This would have been several years ago. I have an opportunity to purchase an engine that I have been told came from this group.

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Old 10-01-2014, 09:19 PM
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I'd be curious to know.how much are the sellers asking for this engine? Do any accessories come with it.How was this engine stored is there any rust inside?
I'd also love to hear this story.Thanks
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Old 10-02-2014, 03:27 AM
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What is the government flying that can use an O-360? Military 172's used a 210 hp engine, IIRC.

There was a trainer a few years back (10?) That used an IO-540 but they and their engines werev destroyed after a few accidents in the trainer.
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Old 10-02-2014, 04:49 AM
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Bill, Just a guess... drones?

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Old 10-02-2014, 05:35 AM
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My guess is also drones, it is also a solid crank engine so fixed pitch. My understanding is this was several years ago. This engine has been flying on an RV and is being advertised that is was a zero time engine, never flown by the government but sold back to Superior who then tore them down and reassembled and sold as zero time engines. All sounds possible, just curious if there is any more information available. I am interested in purchase just wanted to insure this engine is not devalued because of its history. I was hoping someone from Superior would jump into this thread and clarify.
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Old 10-02-2014, 07:57 AM
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I was hoping someone from Superior would jump into this thread and clarify.
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Old 10-03-2014, 01:02 AM
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What is the government flying that can use an O-360? Military 172's used a 210 hp engine, IIRC.

There was a trainer a few years back (10?) That used an IO-540 but they and their engines werev destroyed after a few accidents in the trainer.
The Air Force Academy has used all kinds of different airplanes. 180HP 172's, DA40's, currently Cirrus SR20's I believe. I'd imagine those could be for any of those. I doubt many drones were -360 powered, most seemed to get Rotax and Thelharts for the long endurance. Kinda hard to run a drone without FADEC as well.
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Old 10-03-2014, 04:57 AM
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I don't know if they used o360's but the government used a whole lot of 4 cyl aircraft engines for ground power units, they are some here at Chennault and used on tanker gpu's
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Old 10-03-2014, 06:32 AM
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I don't know if they used o360's but the government used a whole lot of 4 cyl aircraft engines for ground power units, they are some here at Chennault and used on tanker gpu's
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Those were all (?) versions of the O-290's and I can't imagine they built any more after Lycoming discontinued that engine in the late fifties or converted everything to diesel in the 70's (?).
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Old 10-19-2014, 07:10 PM
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In the late 90's, the Air Force's flight screening trainer was the T-3 Slingsby Firefly. I'm pretty sure those had 360's. Three fatal crashes at the Air Force Academy ended the use of those aircraft, even though only one was engine related.
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