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The piston engines still use "low lead" fuel. The turboprops run on jet fuel.
by cibyr 4y ago
The piston engines still use "low lead" fuel. The turboprops run on jet fuel.
- outworlder 4y agoSome piston engines use jet fuel too (Diamond planes in particular). Some use automotive gas.
- dreamcompiler 4y agoPiston engines that run on jet fuel are diesels. Nothing wrong with that and diesels are very efficient. But diesel GA engines have a long history of problems. Diamond is rare in seeming to have overcome those problems.