G’day and greetings from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 what a. Beautiful plane she sounds completely different and it’s a shock not to see the Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine. You have done a fantastic conversion and it’s a diesel as well great job kind regards John
in the 30s, German Company Junkers was in Diesel Aero Engines, fitted to flying boats for the long haul routes. But there were also versions for high altitudes up to ~30.000ft. So, I guess, after some 100years of further development, that should not be an issue. It's a nice plane, by the way.
A diesel will run quite happily on Jet-A1, most US Army Lorries will run on a mix of diesel Jet-A1 or low grade petrol . To combat waxing and bad starting ,is to heat the fuel ,insulate the tanks, and fit glow plugs in each cylinder. Pre heating the cylinders and lube oil before starting reduces starter motor loads. A step in the right direction as 100LL aviation petrol AVGAS is increasingly hard to find and very expensive. Is the air cooled Argus type diesel a new design undergoing trials?.
You can see the engines good thermal efficiency by the drinking straw like exhaust (even with turbos) compared to say the PT-6 chimney stacks. Although maybe the gaping maw of a cooling inlet may suggest where thermal inefficiency occurs in this type of powerplant. Now is it all over cheaper to have than a PT-6?
It's an aircraft, operated from airports, so logically it would use aviation turbine fuel (avtur)... typically Jet A or (especially for lower temperatures) Jet A1.
The engine is not specific to the DHC-2 Beaver, and there are still about 900 Beavers in service so there could potentially be a couple hundred diesel conversions.
@@brianb-p6586 Fair enough but stated in my email , this engine can be fitted to other light utility aircraft such as the Pilatus Porter. It is possible to make a brand new Beaver with subtle improvements, look at Herb Tischler ,he made on a limited scale a Grumman F3F, not a rebuild ,brand new from drawings blueprints he had acquired. Regarding the diesel , does Sealand Aviation intend to produce this unique engine? as it has so many strings to its bow.
One of the stupidest thing I ever saw to a classic aircraft next to putting turbines on the DC-3/C-47. I have owned 3 de Havilland beavers the past 30 years and I would never do this to an aircraft
That engine sounds terrible. Not as cool as a radial or even a turboprop. If my cars engine sounded like that is pull over immediately. Normally I love startup videos but this is one I'll pass on from now on.
Ask any pilot who’s flown a radial engine for over 1000 hours how they like that cool sounding radial engine noise and they will likely say “huh what did you say” a quieter airplane is better all around no matter what it sounds like.
Amazing video. Super cool plane.
Thanks!
Thumbs up!!
Beautiful airplane. Great catch.
Thanks!
That engine cowling is a work of art. Flows right into the lines of the aircraft.
Carbon fiber too!
What a gorgeous looking plane, really awesome
What a gorgeous conversion.😁
Pretty
Great video!
Thanks!
What a nice plane!
From a long ago Beaver Pilot …..wow.
Sounds nice.
Yeah, definitely much different to any other aircraft I've heard.
Awesome miniature Merlin sound, Much cooler than the common turbine variants.
About as close to a Merlin, as a Ford Model T to a Porsche 911.
I figure there's nothing too mysterious about this success
G’day and greetings from Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺 what a. Beautiful plane she sounds completely different and it’s a shock not to see the Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine. You have done a fantastic conversion and it’s a diesel as well great job kind regards John
Awesome plane. just wondering having owned diesel trucks and boats in cold weather. How are dealing with freezing weather and diesel fuel in a plane?
in the 30s, German Company Junkers was in Diesel Aero Engines, fitted to flying boats for the long haul routes. But there were also versions for high altitudes up to ~30.000ft. So, I guess, after some 100years of further development, that should not be an issue. It's a nice plane, by the way.
A diesel will run quite happily on Jet-A1, most US Army Lorries will run on a mix of diesel Jet-A1 or low grade petrol . To combat waxing and bad starting ,is to heat the fuel ,insulate the tanks, and fit glow plugs in each cylinder. Pre heating the cylinders and lube oil before starting reduces starter motor loads. A step in the right direction as 100LL aviation petrol AVGAS is increasingly hard to find and very expensive. Is the air cooled Argus type diesel a new design undergoing trials?.
You can see the engines good thermal efficiency by the drinking straw like exhaust (even with turbos) compared to say the PT-6 chimney stacks. Although maybe the gaping maw of a cooling inlet may suggest where thermal inefficiency occurs in this type of powerplant. Now is it all over cheaper to have than a PT-6?
A beautiful plane for sure....Are there any plans to put it on floats?
I believe there were plans to put it on floats.
Would look nice with the V12 Ranger in it it, but who has one? Have only seen one in a museum.
Beautiful indeed.
What diesel fuel is used as normal diesel blends gels up in cold freezing conditions.
It's an aircraft, operated from airports, so logically it would use aviation turbine fuel (avtur)... typically Jet A or (especially for lower temperatures) Jet A1.
Is this STC'D or experimental?
Problem is you may have a ton of new engines you can make but the plane itself has limited supply
The new diesel can be fitted to a Pilatus Porter or Britten Norman Islander with little modification.
The engine is not specific to the DHC-2 Beaver, and there are still about 900 Beavers in service so there could potentially be a couple hundred diesel conversions.
@@brianb-p6586 Fair enough but stated in my email , this engine can be fitted to other light utility aircraft such as the Pilatus Porter. It is possible to make a brand new Beaver with subtle improvements, look at Herb Tischler ,he made on a limited scale a Grumman F3F, not a rebuild ,brand new from drawings blueprints he had acquired. Regarding the diesel , does Sealand Aviation intend to produce this unique engine? as it has so many strings to its bow.
I wonder how much damage was done in the crash ?
I'm not entirely sure, but I believe it is salvageable
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Neat, but also all kinds of wrong. 😉
One of the stupidest thing I ever saw to a classic aircraft next to putting turbines on the DC-3/C-47. I have owned 3 de Havilland beavers the past 30 years and I would never do this to an aircraft
That engine sounds terrible. Not as cool as a radial or even a turboprop. If my cars engine sounded like that is pull over immediately. Normally I love startup videos but this is one I'll pass on from now on.
Haha, yeah... I have to admit, the engine sounds like a badly tuned Jetta 1.9TDI at idle, but the sound of the flypast was very cool.
Quiet is the new cool. Too many airports are being closed down over noise complaints and lawsuits.
@@nybotor1 some of the noise is the prop and gear box on the front of the engine car engines have neither of those
Ask any pilot who’s flown a radial engine for over 1000 hours how they like that cool sounding radial engine noise and they will likely say “huh what did you say” a quieter airplane is better all around no matter what it sounds like.
They say masturbation makes you deaf! What?
Thousands of hours, mid level drop. Quieter is better