Aviation engines; design--construction--operation and repair; (1919)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 316
increase in Vee motors as a gen-eral rule more crank-pins are used. The crank-shaft that Crank-Shaft Construction 317 would be used on a two-cylinder opposed motor is shownat Fig. 136. This has two throws and the crank-pins arespaced 180 degrees apart. The bearings are exception-ally long.… … Fig. 138.—Crank-Case and Crank-Shaft Construction for Twelve-CylinderMotors. A—Duesenberg. B—Curtiss. two of the pistons are attached to one common crank-pin, so that in reality the crank-shaft has but three crank-pins. A typical three bearing, four-cylinder crank-shaftis shown at Fig. 134, A. The…
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