Diesel Glasair Sportsman

[@anglerbeaudry1027]

Really good throttle placement. That T handle throttle just looks great too! Very nice work!

[@trickcyclists]

I can't imagine the 'aft facing passenger seats' will go down well.. If I travel by train I always hate going backwards. Something interesting catches your eye outside, but it's going away all the time, lol. The diesel is a great idea though, I know fire doesn't happen very often, but it would be a worry for me. You can put a fire out by chucking diesel on it.. try that with petrol. It's a smashing 'plane, in spite of the rear seats.. It looks great and is amazingly economical. Good luck to them. .

[@myrecommendedisallmemes]

I am much too afraid of one of these running away. you'd be stuck with max power with no way of slowing down until either the engine explodes, locks up, or runs out of fuel. Yeah no thanks I'll stick to avgas or electric.

[@AdalaAkeri]

MyRecommendedIsAllMemes Just turn of the fuel...

[@davegeorge7094]

I hope it has a higher ceiling limit being a high compression engine. Out of the clouds on O2 is the faster cheapest A to B.

[@pinkdispatcher]

That was interesting, thanks. I like the idea of a modern Diesel engine, but as you said, the only reason is very long range, and flying to places where you can't get AVGAS (or mogas if you are so certified). But mixture? There is no mixture in a Diesel. It always gets maximum air, and power is only controlled by the amount of fuel.

[@Tjita1]

+pinkdispatcher I don't know how this specific engine works, but modern car diesels actually use throttles these days, to limit the air to the engine, which reduces NOx emissions.

[@pinkdispatcher]

Tjita1 Interesting. Do you have a source for that? I only knew about multi-time stratified injection for NOx control, but I haven't been following the development very closely.

[@Tjita1]

Not technically, no, but I have heard, albeit not observed in person, that Toyotas diesels utilize this technology, and I assume others do as well.

[@wayneyd2]

Can it be fitted with an Gemini series 200 Diesel engine?

[@jennydiazvigneault5548]

60 000 dollars over the standard plane, WITH AN ENGINE, seems a bit excessive.

[@azspotfree]

seems ridiculous

[@ohwell2790]

Diesel will always be a niche market and I do understand the cost per unit of production in the low horse power market. Most general aviation airplanes never fly more than a 100 hours a year. So a 0 hour engine with a TBO of 2,000 hours will fly 20 years before over haul. Why bother with a diesel? When you can buy low hour airplanes for half the cost of the engine alone.

[@chickenstrangler3826]

$190,000!? Nope, i'd just get a Vans aircraft.

[@hogster5935]

So so over priced, 200k no way..... .No wonder GA is tanking.

[@signature1990]

LOL... this is a propane aircraft.... well its about as relevant as the diesel tag.....