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    Aircraft diesel engines

    Anyone know anything about these ?

    http://www.zoche.de/index.html

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    website has been around for at least 15 years, they used to attend trade shows, as far as I know they havent sold anything.

    At one time I thought it looked like a good design.

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    Well that's sad, I just found it and thought we were on to some thing.

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    I hope that an affordable AeroDeisel makes it. As if I could afford one. Zoche aint it. I check in on this web site for a good, no nonsense discussion on aero Deisels.

    http://dieselair.com/index.html

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    Nice spelling,Bob. E before I except in DIESEL.

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    Packard made a Diesel Radial years ago but it never went far.
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    Quote Originally Posted by george r. garrison vaa 58 View Post
    Packard made a Diesel Radial years ago but it never went far.
    The Packard diesel, was way back in the 20s, it set a endurance record on a Stinson detroiter, but no one liked the stink of the diesel.

    http://www.illustratedpast.com/airplanes/first-diesel-powered-aircraft.html

    http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimagf29.htm
    Last edited by Tom Downey; 02-04-2012 at 11:11 PM.

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    Diesel always smelled like money to me!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom Downey View Post
    but no one liked the stink of the diesel.
    And Jet A smells better?
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    ...or AVGas for that matter. I much prefer the smell of diesel.
    Unfortunately in science what you believe is irrelevant.

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