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 326
r of gravity and also to make for 324 Power Plant Installation 325 more perfect streamlining of the front end of the fuselagein some cases. It is rather doubtful if this slight ad-vantage will compensate for the disadvantages intro-duced by this unusual construction. It is not used toany extent now… … Fig. 144 Unconventional Mounting of German Inverted Cylinder Motor. than that which is found in automobile practice. Theillustration at Fig. 145 is a very clear representation ofthe method of mounting the Curtiss eight-cylinder 90H. P. or model 0X2 engine in the fuselage of the CurtissJN4 tractor…
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