Mighty Lycoming Keeps The GA World Roaring Along...

Lycoming announced its plan to bring integrated electronic engine management to its legacy aircraft engine lineup a few years ago, and what has become known as the IE2 engine series is now coming to market and attracting OEM development partners. At EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2008, Lycoming's Michael Kraft, then VP of Engineering, explained that this was not just electronic engine management slapped on a "Lycosaurus," but a completely integrated system which promised electronic control of fuel injection and timing on a per-cylinder basis, computer control of systems such as turbochargers, better starting and fuel efficiency, and even automated pre-flight checks.