Quote Originally Posted by Tiger
I thought it was an airplane engine... now why would they want explosive gas inside the tank? That is why we use diesel... in case of any fire... no possibility to blow up except for the arsenal.

Yeah but the thing is, with airplanes you need horsepower, not torque. A 27 liter diesel engine would weigh 8 tons and make 250 hp - true, it'd make 32,000 ft lb of torque, but we're not trying to move islands...


This is the reason a lot of early aviation motors were supercharged.