Date:         Sat, 30 Nov 2002 15:31:03 -0800
Reply-To:     Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
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From:         Mike Miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
Subject:      Re: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?
Comments: To: David Brodbeck <gull@cyberspace.org>
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There is a diesel boxer for sale as a replacement engine in aircraft.
Available certified on the Cessna 182, Mahle, and a couple of other so far.
Runs on diesel or Jet A.

Mike

On 11/30/02 12:53 PM, "David Brodbeck" <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG> wrote:

> I saw pictures of a prototypical diesel aircraft engine a few years ago
> that was a 4-cylinder water-cooled boxer engine.  It was intended for the
> European market, where avgas is hideously expensive.  It would run on jet
> fuel.
>
> The cylinders and heads were machined as one solid piece -- no chance of
> head gasket leaks, but for overhauls each head and cylinder bank would
> have to be replaced as a unit.
>
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