> My buddy was an A/P also, he's the one who taught me that
> generally almost
> all airplane engines (piston) have twice as much torque as
> horsepower. The
> Lycoming O-360-A1B6 is rated at 200 HP at 28in man pres.,
> it's torque output
> is almost twice that amount (395 tq). They typically never
> publish torque
> figures for airplane engines, so I asked an A/P what it was.
>
Mark you are right, I just went over to both Continental's, and Lycoming's
pages.. HP but no torque...
Greg
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2K1 Neon ES
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