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 239
e waterto enter the cylinder jacket, the other for the coolingliquid to discharge through. 238 Aviation Engines INFLUENCE ON CRANK-SHAFT DESIGN The method of casting the cylinders has a materialinfluence on the design of the crank-shaft as will be shownin proper sequence. When four cylinders are… … Fig. 87.—Twin-Cylinder Block of Sturtevant Airplane Engine is Cast ofAluminum, and Has Removable Cylinder Head. as individual units it is thought necessary to supply afive-bearing crank-shaft, though sometimes shafts havingbut three journals are used successfully. Obviously theshafts must be…
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