RE: OS 40FP with DDD
Guys
What I am most interested to find out at this point is: How many people use diesels A LOT and of those - how many experienced a mechanical failure. The reason I am asking is because it is naturally assumed that all of us on this forum love diesels and we are probably somewhat biased towards them. Do we therefore potentially gloss over some possible structural limitations? The reason I tried the 13-5 prop was because Mr. Davis cite as a performance example for the 40 FP a 14-6 at 8,000. That would be about equivalent to a 13-5 at higher rpm. I was quite happy with the rpm but of course not with the failure. I plan on rebuilding the engine and keep running the same prop to see if I can duplicate the failure.
Joshua