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Old February 13th 08, 09:23 AM posted to rec.aviation.owning, rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Thielert (Diesel Engines)

On Feb 12, 3:23*am, Gig 601XL Builder
wrote:
Charles Talleyrand wrote:

Maybe diesel engines are catching on??????


Might want to read either last month's or the month's before Aviation
Consumer. Lots of maintenance and service issues.


Why should that be? Generally, diesels are great at running at high
power for long periods and they are also the powerplant of choice for
high reliability when fuel consumption is also an issue (ruling out
turbines) -or am I wrong?

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