Preliminary Flight Tests of the N.A.C.A. Roots Type Aircraft Engine Supercharger (1928)
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was to ascertain the suitability of the supercharger to flight-operating conditions, to observe the effect of supercharging on engine operation, and to determine, in a preliminary way, what improvements in airplane performance may be effected by this means. INSTALLATION AND PRELIMINARY TRIALS The… … tends along the top of the engine and communicates with the intake passages of the carburetors (inverted Stromberg, Model NAL-5A). The pressure in this duct depends on the amount, of air which is allowed to escape into the atmosphere through the by-pass valve. Attached to the underside of the duct,…
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