OK, I guess I can buy into that one, but I'm still confused a bit. If
one is limiting it (the O-320) to a given RPM that gives 100 HP out,
wouldn't that same RPM give less than 100 HP at high density altitude
just as an O-200 would?

Scott


Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote:
Scott: It is simple. An 0320 is said to be a 150hp engine at 59 degrees,
sea level, short exhaust stacks and a certain humidity. At Rioduoso (sp?)
NM on a hot day the density altitude will make you wish that you had put an
0540 on there even if you have to limit it to 100 hp cause you ain't going
to get 100hp out of the 0320 with a Cessna Exhaust and intake system at a
high density altitude.

Stu Fields
Experimental Helo magazine
"Scott" wrote in message
.. .

So why would a guy "upgrade" to an O-320 and limit it to 100 HP? What's
the "gain" ???

Scott

Orval Fairbairn wrote:



The placarding probably relates to the STC, which "limits you to 100 hp",
for certification purposes.

It is easier to get an STC for a higher power engine if you "limit, via
placards, the max power" to that called out in the original type
certificate.

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