On 2007-05-22, Greg Copeland wrote:
Hmm. Not sure why you put it that way. The IO360 is well know for
being rock solid. Diesel aircraft engines typically cost you useful
load because of their weight and the fuel is heavier to boot. A
double whammy on useful load isn't exactly exciting.

The Thielert diesel burns about half the fuel of an IO360 with very
little performance loss. I think that's exciting. So you get MORE useful
load because you need vastly less fuel.

20% higher (IIRC; or was it 40%) which means fuel consumption is 20%
higher for the same HP rating.

I'm really curious - where did you get these numbers from? The diesel
burns about 50% of the fuel of an O-320, let alone an IO-360.

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