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On Fri, 13 May 2005 08:52:00 -0500, "MJC" wrote:


"Andrew P." wrote in message
link.net...
Wandering aimlessly about the Web, I heard Sport Pilot say:
You have most of it right. Some things you have wrong,

1. Desiel injection timing is differant than on an Otto engine.
The
fuel is injected during the intake cycle on the Otto engine and
the
fuel is injected during the ignition cycle on the Desiel. On
the
Desiel the fuel injection cycle starts just before TDC and ends
well
after TDC. The fuel ignites as soon as it hits the hot air.

etc., etc. --- SNIP ---

It's Diesel, not "Desiel".

--
Andrew P.

Well if you're going to get picky, it's "Auto" engine, not "Otto"
engine.

MJC

No, it is OTTO, named after the guy who invented the "otto cycle"
engine - just like Diesel is named after the guy who invented the
compression ignition or "diesel cycle" engine.

A compression ignition engine is not always a Diesel engine. Not sure
if Mr. Diesel invented comprssion ignition, but they used to be common
for model aircraft. Though called Diesel's modelers are often reminded
they are not really Diesel's.