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You can get a 172 refitted with a 2L turbo diesel engine which gives about a 38% improvement in range. [1] [1] https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/201
by jhayward 9y ago
You can get a 172 refitted with a 2L turbo diesel engine which gives about a 38% improvement in range. [1]
[1] https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2015/february/pilot/f_diesel https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2015/february/p...
- walrus01 9y agoI did a bit of research on this about six months ago, after watching a video of some guys who ferried a Cessna 172 via Nunavut and Greenland to Western Europe. Google "thielert diesel engine" and you'll find a lot of good info to start from. https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=thielert+diesel+engine&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=thi...