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The airplane engine (1922)

Marks, Lionel S. (Lionel Simeon), 1871- · New York [etc.] McGraw-Hill book company, inc. · leaf 399

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rease with increasing radius. The disadvantage of the double reduction gear is its weight and cost and the need for exact adjustment of the intermediate shafts if all the gears are to work equally. Furthermore, a complicated construction is necessary to ensure a solid and secure assembly of the… … FIG. 297. — Rolls-Royce single-reduction gear. gear, which will adjust itself automatically while running or can be adjusted in assembly. In the Rolls-Royce planetary gear, Fig. 296, a sliding cross linkage is used in a fixed housing. The link, (B) and e, lies between the outer engine housing and…

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