Aviation engines; design--construction--operation and repair; (1919)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 324
r of gravity and also to make for 324 Power Plant Installation 325 more perfect streamlining of the front end of the fuselagein some cases. It is rather doubtful if this slight ad-vantage will compensate for the disadvantages intro-duced by this unusual construction. It is not used toany extent now… … Fig. 144.—Unconventional Mounting of German Inverted Cylinder Motor. than that which is found in automobile practice. Theillustration at Fig. 145 is a very clear representation ofthe method of mounting the Curtiss eight-cylinder 90H. P. or model 0X2 engine in the fuselage of the CurtissJN4 tractor…
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