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Re:A plane so good it's still in production after 60 years by snom380 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @03:55PM (#13792877)
The diesel engines that Diamond sells now (from Austro Engine) are unrelated to the the old troubled Thielert diesel engines they initially used, IIRC.
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Re:A plane so good it's still in production after 60 years by phillc73 on Saturday March 04, 2017 @04:10PM (#13792947)
Yes, but I'm pretty sure at least some of them are based on automotive diesel technology, such as those in the DA62

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_DA62

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro_Engine_E4

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Re:A plane so good it's still in production after 60 years by FabHK on Saturday March 04, 2017 @04:07PM (#13792940)
And the Thielert Centurion diesels were based on Mercedes Benz car diesels, by the way!
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