MacDonald, Alexander Forsyth, 1897-1965 · Port Credit, Ont. : Aviation Service Corporation · leaf 132
falls off and its fuel con-sumption becomes excessive. The Rolls-Royce ConwayBy-pass is designed to improve the efficiency of thejet engine at low aircraft speeds. As will be seen byreference to Fig. X, part of the air from the low-pressurecompressor by-passes the high-pressure compressor,the… … fig. X C D Conivay By-Pass Engine A. Primary Compressor. B. Secondary Compressor (smaller in diameter to permit the By-Pass). C. Flame Tubes and Burner Manifolds. D. Turbine. THE AFTERBURNER In a Turbo-jet engine, the ratio of air to fuel isroughly 85 to 1. About a fourth of this air is used toburn…
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