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 482
he fixed platform carrying the stationary crank-shaft,being driven by the pinion on the revolving crank cham-ber. The magnetos are geared up in the proportion of4 to 7. Mounted on the end plate back of the drivingpinion are the two high-tension distributor plates, eachone with seven brass segments… … Fig. 204.—Cam and Cam-Gear Case of the Gnome Seven-CylinderRevolving Engine. 482 Aviation Engines A good many people doubtless wonder why rotary en-gines are usually provided with an odd number of cylin-ders in preference to an even number. It is a matter ofeven torque, as can easily be understood…
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