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 285
fficiency of a motorprovided with four valves in each cylinder instead of 284 Aviation Engines but two. This principle was thoroughly tried out in rac-ing automobile motors, and is especially valuable in per-mitting of greater speed and power output from simplefour- and six-cylinder engines. On… … Vne LargeValve Fig. 113.—Diagram Comparing Two Large Valves and Four Small Onesof Practically the Same Area. Note How Easily Small Valves areInstalled to Open Directly Into the Cylinder. as shown in diagram at Fig. 113, it is difficult to havethem open directly into the cylinder, and pockets…
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