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Originally Posted by Botnst
I'm curious what the advantage (esp. in the 1940's) would have been for a gasser vs diesel in a boat?
I don't know squat about the 1940's industrial-strength engines, especially for marine use (botanist). But I have a hard time coming-up with a reason to go with Avgas vs diesel.
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Might be there was a better HP/weight ratio? Being a modified aircraft engine it had many features of aircraft engines such as supercharger, intercooler, dual magnetos, two spark plugs per cylinder, etc. Maybe this did not exist as good technology at the time for diesel engines.
Another guess would be the type of fuel the fleet carried, maybe it was mostly fuel oil for the ships and avgas for airplanes, avoiding diesel would eliminate a 3rd choice??