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 317
er types described need no furtherattention, as the crank-pins lie in planes one hundredand eighty degrees apart. This can be better understoodby referring to Fig. 135,- which shows a six-cylinder shaftin the rough and finished stages. At A the appearance 316 Aviation Engines of the machine forging… … Fig. 136.—Showing Form of Crank-Shaft for Twin-Cylinder Opposed Power Plant. some cases where the crank-shafts revolve on ball bear-ings as in some automobile racing engines. Crank-shaft form will vary with a number of cylindersand it is possible to use a number of different arrange-ments of…
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