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 562
Sunbeam Aviation Engines 561 used largely for lubrication. It is said that without theuse of castor-oil it is impossible to hold full power forfive hours. Coatalen favors aluminum cylinders ratherthan cast iron. The series of views in Figs. 247 to 250inclusive, illustrates the vertical, narrow type… … Fig. 249.—Sunbeam Eighteen-Cylinder Motor, Viewed from Pump and Magneto End. rows, each of six-cylinders, are set on a common crank-case. In this water-cooled series the gasoline and oilconsumption are notably low, as is the weight per horse-power. In the eighteen-cylinder overhead valve…
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