Denne motorfamillie er blevet installeret i tusinder af fly, inklusive [[Cessna 172]], [[Piper Cherokee]]/Archer, [[Grumman American AA-5|Grumman Tiger]], og mange [[hjemmebyggede]] fly. Fabrikken har sat tiden mellem hovedeftersyn (TBO) til 2000 timer<ref name="Lycoming360SpecSheet" /> eller tolv år.<ref name="TwelveYears">{{cite web|url = http://www.lycoming.com/Portals/0/techpublications/serviceinstructions/SI%201009AV%20(07-08-2013)/Recommended%20Time%20Between%20Overhaul%20Periods.pdf|title = Recommended Time Between Overhaul Periods|access-date = 8. juli 2013|last = [[Lycoming Engines]]|date = 8. juli 2013|archive-date = 13. september 2013|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130913192926/http://lycoming.com/Portals/0/techpublications/serviceinstructions/SI%201009AV%20(07-08-2013)/Recommended%20Time%20Between%20Overhaul%20Periods.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Den første O-360 , A1A modellen, blev certificeret den 20 Juli 1955 efter den amerikanske "United States CAR 13" specifikation.<ref name="E286" /> En lidt nyere motor, [[Lycoming IO-390]], er en O-360 som har en 3/16 tomme (4.76 mm) større cylinderboring, og som leverer 210 hk (157 kW).<ref name="IO390">{{cite web|url = http://www.lycoming.textron.com/engines/series/390-series-engines.html|title = Lycoming IO-390-X|access-date = 2009-01-07|last = [[Lycoming Engines]]|author-link = |year = n.d.|archive-date = 26. december 2008|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081226063843/http://www.lycoming.textron.com/engines/series/390-series-engines.html|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="SpecSheet">{{cite web|url = http://www.lycoming.textron.com/engines/series/pdfs/Specialty%20insert.pdf|format = PDF|title = Specialty datasheet|access-date = 2008-12-20|last = [[Lycoming Engines]]|author-link = |year = 2004|archive-date =  8. april 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090408063217/http://www.lycoming.textron.com/engines/series/pdfs/Specialty%20insert.pdf|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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