Diamond aircraft is using MB turbo diesels in their small twin. Pretty cool idea. They are car engines with different fuel controls.
check it out: http://www.aopa.org/members/files/pilot/2010/february/feature_diamond.html

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1998 Jetta TDI
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Walking isn't a lost art: one must, by some means, get to the garage.

What engine is it based on? I can't tell. All I can see is that it's not a hopped up 616.

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

when you're on

at the same time.

a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

It reads like its based on the new blue what ever that MB has just come up with.

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I've flown one of the DA-42's when they first came out. It's a fantastic little airplane, despite the engine troubles. We flew it on one engine, and it did great.

I am waiting for some one to suggest doing a grease car conversion on one!!
A WVO powered airplane !!! I dont think so. The FAA would have a purple fit !!

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Grumpy Old Diesel Owners Club group

I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

WVO does not work (nor does pure Biodiesel) in the new CDI type engines. WVO turns to muck at 22,000+ psi. That's one of the things I like about the new diesels, they cannot run WVO. So no one can ruin them with a slow death!

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

A lower pressure than that will cause WVO or Bio to polymerize under the right conditions. Thats what the varnish is that is often spoken about.

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I no longer question authority, I annoy authority. More effect, less effort....

1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
Other toys ~J.D.,Cat & GM ~ mainly earth moving

I wonder why they use diesel engines. Why not spark-ignition? Higher power-to-weight ratio. Maybe the fuel efficiency negates that?

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1983 240D 3.0T 4-speed manual, now sold

1989 Subaru GL Wagon 5-speed Touring Edition

Will they run on jet fuel??? I don't know of an airport that has a diesel pump?? What would jet fuel do to our diesels? I know that they will run it but for how long?

Robert

Fuel grade: Jet A, Jet A-1 lb

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1982 240D, sold 9/17/2008
1987 300D TurboW124.133 - 603.960, 722.317 - Smoke Silver Metallic / Medium Red (702/177), acquired 8/15/2009
262,715 and counting

AFAIK, aviation gasoline, or 100LL as it is sometimes called, is peculiar to aviation engines only. Jet fuel is common at any airport, and has a wide variety of other uses. Additionally, general aviation engines are still using 1950's technology- points, magnetos, and carburetors with mixture controls, and it is important to monitor mixture and EGT. The move to diesel offers single lever power control, as well as a safer fuel.

I was trying to figure out how they got off the ground with the weight. They toss the cast iron crankcase and make their own using mercedes internals. I wonder how that would run in one of our older cars 170hp and lighter weight.

Sure would drop the 0-60 time.

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86 300SDL 387,000? Motor committed suicide
81 300SD 214,000 "new" 132,000 motor
83 300SD 212,000 parts car
83 300SD 147,000

91 F700 5.9 cummins 5spd eaton 298,000
66 AMC rambler American 2dr auto 108,000
95 Chevy 3/4 ton auto 160,000
03 Toyota 4runner 180,000 wifes

The Germans had diesel aircraft in WWII- The Junkers Jumo had an opposed piston diesel engine with two crankshafts, similar to a Fairbanks-Morse OP engine.