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 82
ermittentpushes on the piston head produced by the explosion ofthe gas in the cylinder. In aviation engines, the weightof the propeller or that of .rotating cylinders themselvesperforms the duty of a fly-wheel, so no separate memberis needed. If some explosive is placed in the chamberformed by the… … 82 Aviation Engines turned by the connecting rod, and as this part is hingedat both ends it is free to oscillate as the crank turns, andthus the piston may slide back and forth while the crank-shaft is rotating or describing a curvilinear path. In addition to the simple elements described it is…
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