Well, the plane am am going to build WILL have a diesel engine in it, a two stroke in fact. But that is for another day...

I too, a low time, non-current pilot do not contest the fact that air charge density effects the effieciency of the engine. As I also am in the business of delivering powertrain control modules, I might draw upon my experience and say that I would like to sample the air charge temperature and density and use that data to adjust fuel mixture and timing.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)