Theory. theory, guys, why bother, yes a glow engine with high compression will light off on diesel and keep running, but no timing
control maybe locked to one prop size, and putting a glow element (if possible) would be a expensive replacement when it burns out which will with the kero forming carbon and soot on it (element contamination) true dieselhead
with variable compression eliminates all that.and as far as big diesels using glow plugs they have precombustion chambers and used
for starting only if the engine is warm they start without glow heat. example Volvo, mercedes, nissan, mitsubishi to name a few ( I have
worked on all and a few more when I had my marine service up north
we have our enyas. paws, Irvine , MVVS, Davis conversions heads, a few others have made heads AJ for one and going back 50 years tons of
other production model diesels \> If this a viable idea pretty sure it would have happened right after Ray Arden invented the glow plug
martin ( I thought the whole idea of diesel was NO glow plug)and of course Motorboy in Sweden has done some very successful 4 strk
conversions no glowplugs, Davis of course conversions for over 25 years( proven with time) Why try and re-invent the wheel??
We all fly both Glow and diesel and it all works as is martin