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Parts availability?
O/H costs?
quirks?
O/H costs?
quirks?
IO-720
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Mason
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unsafervguy
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parts no problem, they are still in production. airpower list them for about 127k new.
querks? some people say that they are hard to start hot, but some people say that about any lycoming injected engine.
bob
querks? some people say that they are hard to start hot, but some people say that about any lycoming injected engine.
bob
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no problems with that loong crank/cam?
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I think that is application specific. The airframe manufactures are largely responsible for engine cooling. In the case of the 720, some have done better than others.
Only cooling the back cylinders. Most parts are kept in stock, but since part runs are in batches, there have been times where finding a new part required a wait.
Hank S
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The only problem I would have is fuel flow . . . .
But you know it's a badass engine.
JHW
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some airframes have cooling issues, on my brave the front cylinders ran hot. I added some little scoops to the baffling between the 2-3rd rows of cylinders to increase pressure at the front and that evened things out nicely.