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 119
that all the advantages of thepressure system are obtained with very little more com-plication than is found on the ordinary gravity feed. Themechanism is all contained in the cylindrical tank shown, 118 Aviation Engines which may be mounted either on the front of the dash oron the side of the… … v Ca rbu retor Drain Plug- To Carburetor -~J~ F u e I Ta n k Fig. 42.—The Stewart Vacuum Fuel Feed Tank. chamber. The former, which is at the top of the device,contains the float valve, as well as the pipes running tothe main fuel container and to the intake manifold. Thelower chamber is used to…
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