Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 09:39:00 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from vineyard.net ([204.17.195.90] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.5) with ESMTP id 1993799 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:02:00 -0500 Received: from direct (FSY17.VINEYARD.NET [66.101.65.17]) by vineyard.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 579DC915B1; Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:01:59 -0500 (EST) X-Original-Message-ID: <003901c2c14e$ac9d6040$11416542@direct> From: "Ted Stanley" X-Original-To: "George Braly" , "Mail List Lancair" Subject: RE: [LML] Re: Centurion Diesel X-Original-Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 08:03:57 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 George - Perhaps the promise isn't as rosy as one might hope ......... on the other hand the jury is still out. It will be interesting indeed to see how Theilert progresses. I do hope they are more successful than the apparently false promise Williams offered to Eclipse. Clearly hands-on experience takes precedent over anecdotal hearsay. Thanks for sharing. Ted Stanley >>If you look at what they've already done in terms of putting a 1.7L engine (135hp) into a Piper Warrior (PA28-161) and getting performance equal to or better than the stock Lycoming O-360 (160hp) then a little quick math suggests that the thrust from a 310hp diesel might be about equal to the thrust of 370hp in gasoline. Now THAT would be way cool.<< At least one experienced pilot who has actually flown the 1.7L have reported that the "thrust" was substantially "less" than what they would have expected out of a 160Hp O-360. In one case, to the point that they felt it would not be suitable for student pilot touch and goes.