Aircraft diesel engine
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aircraft-diesel-engine-177-9955368
title:
Aircraft diesel engine
text:
The aircraft diesel engine or aero diesel is a diesel-powered aircraft engine. They were used in airships and tried in aircraft in the late 1920s and 1930s, but were never widely adopted until recently. Their main advantages are their excellent specific fuel consumption, the reduced flammability and somewhat higher density of their fuel, but these have been outweighed by a combination of inherent disadvantages compared to gasoline-fueled or turboprop engines. The ever-rising cost of avgas and do
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Aircraft engine operating on the Diesel principle
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_diesel_engine
date created:
2006-02-24T01:17:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T02:15:27Z
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