Liberty diesel...when?

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09-04-2003, 07:36 PM

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mic canic

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Re: Liberty diesel...when?

and 10 times the emissions that pollute! the engine should be banned off the
planet
and i'm no tree huggar

Grumman-581 wrote:

> "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" wrote ...
> > Then I'd put one in your plane if I thought like you.
>
> There's some development going on these days to make a light weight reliable
> diesel engine for aircraft... If my engine had not been recently overhauled,
> I would be tempted to wait for one of them... The ability to run Jet-A or
> diesel fuel is quite a fuel savings... Especially over in Europe where 100LL
> is quite a bit more expensive that Jet-A... In some ways, a diesel is more
> practical for an aircraft since it only has 3 speeds it really operates
> at -- idle speed while on the ground, takeoff speed, and cruising speed...
> Diesel fuel contains more energy per pound of fuel and weighs slightly more
> per gallon... Combining this with a better fuel efficiency equates to longer
> range...