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 24
unds of work done in onesecond to equal one horse-power. Naturally, the amountof propeller thrust measured in pounds necessary to drivean airplane must be greater than the resistance by a sub-stantial margin if the plane is to fly and climb as well. Computations for Horse-Power Needed 23 The… … JL= Lift= Weight = W D= Drift /?= Reaction a = Angle of Incidence Tan a =7],D= Tanocl =0 Pr= Momentum = MPr Zut = WorkPrZ% = Work Min. PrZXR u „ . c- ,.,,■mw = H.P.ormEngl,sh PrZJlR.33,000 H.P. B
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