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Old 24th Feb 2009, 12:24
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Chimbu chuckles

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nomorecatering as it currently stands I can run my IO550b at 49lph with just gamijectors and an EDM700 and a modicum of thought.

The system you're talking about might add 20k to the cost of the engine to save what...1 or 2 lph?

Non Diesel GA FADEC has thus far been a big flop because it costs LOTS and delivers **** all...diesel has been a bigger flop for the same reasons.

There are reasons why aircraft engine technology has only crept forward in baby steps in the last 65 years - and most of those baby steps have been metallurgical rather than technological - it has to do with 1/. economies of scale and 2/. the current technology is bloody good.

How many car engines pull several hundred HP continuously?
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