Experimenter is a magazine created by EAA for people who build airplanes. We will report on amateur-built aircraft as well as ultralights and other light aircraft.
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Un d e r t h e C o w l The Centurion 2.0 Engine Continental's diesel engine goes experimental By Marino Boric The Centurion diesel engine falls into that last category now that it's become a Continental product. What we saw in the Continental booth during AirVenture was not the long-awaited flat four/six-cylinder based on the French SMA diesel engine. Surprisingly, Continental showed a water-cooled, in-line, four-cylinder diesel engine called the Centurion that should be available to the homebuilding community. On July 22 just a week prior to AirVenture, Continental Motors Group, a division of the Chinese AVIC International Holding Corporation, announced the acquisition of the diesel aircraft engine and manufacturing assets of the former Thielert Aircraft Engines GmbH "to enhance its capabilities in general aviation piston aircraft engine technology." The acquisition added the German-manufactured Centurion line of electronically controlled Jet-A (diesel/ kerosene) piston engines built by Technify Motors GmbH to the Continental portfolio of GA piston engines. Technify Motors products are now listed as Continental Centurion engines and include the certified Centurion 2.0 series of 135- and 155-hp Jet-A engines and the certified (but not yet produced) 350-hp Centurion 4.0 engine. Centurion…hmm, you already have heard that name, but what is it exactly? Here is a short story about the newest engine in the Continental portfolio. For most aircraft owners, the Centurion line of engines is an almost unknown product. Despite the fact that more than 3,500 engines have been produced and well more EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2013 offered lots of news for pilots interested in engines and especially for experimental builders. Several new engines were presented; some of them were the usual dream projects, others were promising newcomers, and one manufacturer got a new home. 30 Vol.2 N o.10 / October 2013 Photography courtesy of Marino Boric