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 287
286 Aviation Engines area is obtained by the use of two valves, the gases willbe drawn into the cylinder or expelled faster than witha lesser area. Even if the areas are practically the sameas in the diagram at Fig. 113, the smaller valves may .Inlet Valve DepressingLeve Push Rod Exhaust… … K i Fig. 115.—Front View of Curtiss OX3 Aviation Motor, Showing Uncon-ventional Valve Action by Concentric Push Rod and Pull Tube. have a greater lift without imposing greater stresses onthe valve-operating mechanism and quicker gas intakeand exhaust obtained. The smaller valves are not af-fected…
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