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Thielert Centurion 1.7 installed in a Cessna 172
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Thielert Centurion 1.7 installation in a Diamond DA42.
Thielert is a german engine development and manufacturing company. It is headquartered in Hamburg, with two further german sites in Lichtenstein, Saxony and Altenburg, Thuringia. It is quoted on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange as a member of the SDAX. In 2006, Thielert had revenues of 58.5 million Euros and employed about 320 staff.

Thielert is most well known as the manufacturer of the Centurion range of jet fuel propelled diesel piston engines for aviation. Two engine models are currently available, the Centurion 2.0 with a power output of either 135 hp (99 kW) or 155 hp (114 kW) (the latter variant is called the Centurion 2.0 S) and the 350 hp (257 kW) Centurion 4.0. A third model, the 230 hp Centurion 3.2 has been announced for as early as 2008, more recent information however indicates that this is likely to be delayed.

New built aircraft equipped with Thielert Centurion engines include: Kits for the installation of retrofit Thielert engines exist for a number of aircraft, including the Piper PA28 and the Cessna 172 for the Centurion 2.0 and the Cessna 206 for the Centurion 4.0.

A Thielert Centurion 2.0 engine also powers a UAV, the General Atomics Warrior, an upgraded version of the MQ-1 Predator.

From the start of serial production in 2003 to mid 2007, 2,500 Centurion engines have been made and 1,500 planes are equipped with them. Current production rate is about 120 per month. These are quite impressive numbers in the context of the aviation industry. Thielert can therefore be considered to be the first manufacturer to successfully introduce an all new piston engine for general aviation in half a century.

Thielert is furthermore involved in the market for conventional petrol aircraft piston engines as made by Textron Lycoming and Teledyne Continental via its US subsidiary Superior Air Parts, Coppell, Texas, which designs and distributes (but does not manufacture) spare parts for these engines as an alternative to original spares. Many of these parts, like crank shafts, are made by Thielert for its subsidiary. Superior Air Parts also offers a family of 4 cylinder aircraft engines, ranging in power output from 150 hp up to 250 hp, which are primarily targeted at the homebuilt aircraft market. They can therefore be considered a good complement for the Centurion engines, which are not well suited for this particular market because of their complexity.

A third field of activity is contract engine development and manufacture of engine parts for prototypes and small series for the automotive industry, even though this has been somewhat scaled back since the company entered the aviation business.

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Lichtenstein is a county in the Chemnitzer Land district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 11 km northeast of Zwickau, and 22 km southwest of Chemnitz.
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The Centurion is a series of diesel cycle aircraft engines for general aviation built by Thielert. They are based on Mercedes-Benz automotive engines, albeit heavily modified.

Each Centurion engine is water cooled and turbocharged.
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Jet fuel is a type of aviation fuel designed for use in jet-engined aircraft.

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Jet fuel is clear to straw colored. The most common fuel is an unleaded/paraffin oil-based fuel classified as JET A-1
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Type Personal and trainer aircraft
Manufacturer Diamond Aircraft Industries
Developed from Diamond DA20
Variants Diamond DA42

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Type Light twin-engined utility and trainer aircraft
Manufacturer Diamond Aircraft Industries
Maiden flight 9 December 2002
Introduced 2004
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General Atomics

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Teledyne Continental Motors

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