Originally Posted by
DennisB
I've seen some material about the 1930 Pietenpol air camper looks like a nice little slow fly around the neighborhood have fun sort of plane .. It shows it using Ford Model T motor my question is does anybody out here have any input about the possibility of using a small 4 cylinder Kubota turbo diesel about 1.5 to 2.2 liter size instead of a Model T engine . At work my experience with them is they are reliable beyond belief and have fantastically long engine life I've seen some still running strong with over 20,000 hours never had any mechanical breakdown and never been rebuilt. I would like to here anybody's thoughts on the subject ???