The diesel guru for TCM is Mark Wilksch - now where have we heard that name before. After many years of appearing at the PFA rally promising 'this year/next year' there is only a handful flying and most of those owners are doing a fair bit of development work. And the engine is non-certified so Permit (Experimental) use only.
As for TCM, 7 or 8 years ago they produced a diesel. They were paid by NASA et al to produce an engine and were paid US$1 million to do so. 1/3 to design it, 1/3 to run it and 1/3 to fly it. It was flown in the nose of a C337 in a straight line on a long runway with a normal Continental ticking away in the back. It was then put on a shelf. Nice little earner...
That was told to me by a guy in 2002 or so at Oshkosh that worked on it and then defected to Superior to flog Centurion diesles Stateside. Funny that Superior now own TAE.
Subaru made aircraft engines? What flying machines did they go in? I know the normal Scooby engine is a flat 4 or 6 but as IO540 says, car engines really don't like revving their ass off producing the required power.
Can't be that good, Sternone if they aren't fitted to a Mooney.... And as for being the obvious replacement to Avgas burners - not until the Americans start accepting diesels into their everyday life on the roads etc.