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Montblack wrote:
> ("On-Condition" wrote)
>> BTW, weren't there some diesel radials in the early days of
>> aviation? I have seen some photos I think. The high torque
>> of diesel almost begs for that cannot-keep-from-turning
>> radial geometry.
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> <http://www.goldenwingsmuseum.com/Aircraft%20Pages/Stin-Det.html>
> Golden Wings Museum
> 1928 Stinson Detroiter Packard Diesel
http://home.earthlink.net/~ralphcooper/pimagh34.htm
2 lbs/hp, but that was then. I am sure 1/1 could be
had today (for air cooled).
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Re: Why no new diesel radials?
