[quote]This sounds awesome!
i have used diesels in boats for a long time and they seem like they would be alot better than standard engines in airplanes. the only problem being that they would be heavier. My dad recently put a 6 cylinder deutz turbodiesel in our 24 ft boat...needless to say it could pull a supertanke over an island
I might even have to modify some of the boat addons with these cfg's...
According to my info, the diesels being developed for GA using Jet A, are only between 150 - 200 pounds heavier than their Avgas cousins - and, of course Jet A fuel weighs a little more than Avgas, but the dieselized prototype Maule I read about far outperformed its Avgas cousin, and Maule is planning to beef up the dieselized version's landing gear to take advantage of the increased performance without reducing payload.....
Unfortunately, I was sick for 2 weeks and everything was postponed....
John Murphy
by Brett_Henderson » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:00 am 
