Video: How Austro Engines Are Made

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Monday, May 14, 2012 at 12:00 AM ET

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Austro converts Daimler-Benz OM640 diesel car engines into AE300 aerodiesel airplane engines at its factory in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Austro utilizes a small portion of Daimler-Benz's daily engine production (approximately 15 minutes' worth) for these aviation engine conversions.
The article describes the process of transforming a standard car engine into an aircraft engine, with a video featuring Austro's Peter Lietz explaining the details.

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Daimler-Benz makes about 1,500 OM640 diesel engines a day, and Austro diverts about 15 minutes worth of production to its factory in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, where it forms the core of the AE300 aerodiesel. In this video, Austro’s Peter Lietz takes us through how the company turns a car engine into an airplane engine.

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