"LCT Paintball" wrote
Please excuse my ignorance, but I've been reading a lot of hoopla over 2
stroke diesel aircraft engines. Has anybody tried one of these in a Cozy
or
Long Ezy?

I am no expert, but I'll give it a shot.

Problem number one, they are all in test phase, or prototype, and not
available, AFAIK.

It sounds to me like that may make for a very fuel efficient
aircraft with good performance. Any reason why it can't be done?

Nope, and when they are out there at reasonable costs, lots of people will
be wanting to get ahold of them. Problem now is, they have been going to be
available to the public in the next six months, for the last five years.
Get my drift?

Some people are home-brewing 4 stroke diesels, from cars, and had pretty
good luck. I recall one being in a pusher.

If the aircraft is home built, could it burn standard diesel even though
it
hasn't been approved by the FAA?

For experimental, you could burn peanut oil, as far as the FAA cares.

Is there a good reason not to use standard
diesel other than fuel congealing at cold temperatures?

Sounds like a damn good reason to me! :-)

One of the big reasons that people want diesels, is that they could burn the
jet fuel that is at all major airports, and lots of minor ones. g
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Jim in NC