Continental announced at Oshkosh that is had earned certification for fadec control on its big turbocharged engines, and that it had completed testing and knows how to qualify all of its engine models to burn 94UL unleaded avgas. The company also announced a number of price cuts and incentives for factory engines and certain replacement parts.
Continental has pioneered computer control of its engines over the past decade and had approvals for its naturally aspirated engines. Now, with the new certification, the big turbocharged 310-hp 550 engines’ electronic control has been extended across the engine line. Specific approval for fadec in each engine-airframe combination is also required, but is available for popular models such as the Cirrus.
