<< I can't rem if this has been talked about over the last year
but
> does anyone recall the specs and basic setup for the diesel
> that one of the companies was experimenting on. I keep
> thinking it was P&W that was trying to get it running. I
thought
> someone had managed to solve most of the problems but
> dropped the project. >>
Continental is still working on a diesel flat four for light
planes, using
your tax money.
( grant from FAA). It was on display at Sun&Fun.
Lynn E Hanover
Packard had Diesel radials in 1930's. Virg
The Aircraft Rotary Engine Newsletter. Powered by Linux.
http://home.earthlink.net/~rotaryeng/ http://www.linux.org