Cessna's New Turbo Diesel 172 Skyhawk

Cessna will offer the 172S Skyhawk with a Thielert turbo diesel engine with deliveries to start in mid-2008.

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[morfidea]

Centurion 4.0 engines are problems like mine gave me a serious accident tube because the engine was broken in flight and also with the aggravation that broke a 150 A fuse vessels which are in the back of the plane could not replace flight, I left without any functioning electrical system the outcome was that I crash with a motor that was in the home warranty and does not take responsibility Centurion Mindful of those who buy these motoresleer While the contract

[Thinkcity]

The TBO of this early JET A1 engine is not the point.The removal of 100LL from the marked starting 2016 is the real issue. I have an Arrow III and will remove the Lycoming engine as soon as DeltaHawk engine is certified and STC´d.

[dragstar7039]

So could I pull my truck up next to it and transfer pump from my trucks auxiliary tank.

[1948stan]

@atheuma: mandatory inspection at 1200hrs, TBR (no TBO) at 2400hrs

[atheuma]

I like diesel engines in aircraft since JET A1 is cheaper and the diesel engines are more economic. However what this video doesnt say is that the centurion 2.0 diesel engine in this cessna 172 has a TBO of 1200hrs ONLY!!!! Therefore if you include maintenance costs, I would say that operating costs are higher than to a normal lycoming engine stc'd to run on normal unleaded (mogas).

[crapper1]

LAND ER AT YOUR LOCAL PILOT OR FLYING J AND TAXI OVER TO THE FUEL STANDS

BTW PUN INTENDED

[OI8APC2]

Wow, old Chris there might want to think about a 206. He's a big big guy!

[SVnerd]

@jmitterii2

It's not that it's cheaper but it's a question of availability. A flight school here in Saudi has to import 100LL from Europe because no one here refines the oil into 100LL. This means that the school is charging $300 an hour to rent a C-172SP! That and cessna spare parts are hard to come by in the middle east.

[tchapman1977]

It depends upon how the engine is built. Some piston engines can get a supplemental type certificate to run on automobile gas instead of 100LL (my father's Piper Cherokee 235 had that certification). You have to adjust your maintenance schedules if you do use car gas (i.e. they're performed sooner, rather than later). It's possible w/a diesel as Jet-A is similar to diesel. It depends upon the price differentials of fuel vs. maintenance costs whether it's financially beneficial to do so.

[futurepilot764]

Actually there is a video on my favorites and they said by 2016 we'll have bio diessle jet fuel that is cleaner burning and is about 50 cents a galllon. And the best part is you won't need to make changes to today's aircraft.