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Old 2nd Jan 2012, 05:10
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Hodja
 
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Otherwise, car engines and car technology are not competitive with aircraft engine technology
Painfully true. The best we can hope for is an approximation, considering the apparent non-viability of developing clean sheet engine designs for light aircraft.

I wonder how differently the Austro engine design varies from its Mercedes automotive origin...(btw, I read Diamond paid EUR48m for the development & certification cost - yikes)

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