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 96
type was considered standard. The arrivalof the eight-cylinder has created similar futile discussionof its practicability as this is so clearly established as tobe accepted without question. It has been a standardpower plant for aeroplanes for many years, early expo-nents having been the… … Fig. 29.—Types of Eight-Cylinder Engines Showing the Advantage of theV Method of Cylinder Placing. not practical for aircraft because of its length. Comparedto the standard four-cylinder engine it is nearly twice aslong and it required a much stronger and longer crank-shaft. It will be evident that…
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