The Direct Measurement of Engine Power on an Airplane in Flight with a Hub Type Dynamometer (1927)
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6 REPORT NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS The supply line is served by a tank containing the working fluid. (See fig. 2.) Pressure in the supply tank is maintained by gas acting on a piston, the latter serving to separate the gas from the working fluid and to prevent absorption of the… … Fig. 6 The supply tank containing the working fluid can be replenished from a reserve tank by actuat- ing a hand pump, fluid being pumped in under the piston. Pressure in the supply system is maintained at about 425 pounds per square inch, and the pressures in the torque and thrust systems never…
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