Aviation engines, design - construction - operation and repair; a complete, practical treatise outlining clearly the elements of internal combustion engineering with special reference to the design, construction, operation and repair of airplane power plants; also the auxiliary engine systems, such as lubrication, carburetion, ignition and cooling. It includes complete instructions for engine repairing and systematic location of troubles, tool equipment and use of tools, also outlines the latest mechanical processes (1917)
Pagé, Victor Wilfred, 1885-1947 · New York, The Norman W. Henley Publishing Company · leaf 105
Aviation Engines obsolete. While many methods of decreasing weight andincreasing mechanical efficiency of a motor are known todesigners, one of the first to be applied to the constructionof aeronautical power plants was an endeavor to groupthe components, which in themselves were not… … Flsng Carburetor Fig. 37.—The Sturtevant Eight-Cylinder, High Speed Aviation Motor. disposed around a short crank-case, either radiating froma common center as at Fig. 38 or of the fan shape shownat Fig. 39. This makes it possible to use a crank-case butslightly larger than that needed for one or…
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