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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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Diesel powered aircraft

Been meaning to post this for months now, but kept on forgetting, finally, here is some interesting info for your diesel freaks:

http://www.machinedesign.com/ASP/str...tedArticle.asp
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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How would you run the stacks though?
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 06:04 PM
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That's wild. I never really thought about it. I guess you'd really need to make sure the diesel fuel has some de-icer added :-)
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 07:05 PM
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But if you put it on a treadmill.....................
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Old Jun 29, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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it may be a diesel engine , but they run Jet A with no problems , that C172 burned 5.5 gallon an hour , not bad at all
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