The glow plug is a starting assist to raise the combustion temperature before start. It is not continous heat.. Combustion temperatures after start are enough to continue the run.
Two stroke diesels ruled the world of diesels until recently [last 20 yrs].. I own 3 Detroit Diesels that are two stroke.. 8V71, and two 6V92.... 8 = number of cylinders,,, V = configuration,, 71 = cubic inches of displacement per cylinder... No intake valves.. cylinder liners with ports and exhaust valves... EPA said.. 2 stroke diesels are bad... they stopped making them... The Aviation Diesel is all the newest and latest for fuel delivery, metering and pressure controls.. latest and greatest... and priced accordingly.... adjusted for the cost of FAA certification.. of course.. Grant... On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:22 AM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are Diesel model airplane engines (or were) - they did not have a > glow plug, just a thumb screw to adjust the volume of the combustion > chamber. They ran on ether and caster oil. My primary memory of them is > that they were very hard to start! > > I'm not sure that the glow plug engines are truely compression ignition > engines - they rely on the glow plugs staying red hot from the previous > combustion cycle for ignition. > > On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > > > The two cycle engines used in remote control airplanes are compression > > ignition two cycles, but no one calls them Diesels! > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > -- > OK Don > 2001 ML320 > 2012 Passat TDI DSG > 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager > 1957 C182A > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
