Wright aircraft engines; complete instructions for their installation, operation and maintenance; (1921)
Wright Aeronautical Corporation, Cautley, John R., ed · Paterson, N.J., Wright aeronautical corporation · leaf 46
quite small hole. In the side of the venturiare some small holes which communicate with a pas-sage leading to a valve and thence to the air space in thefloat chamber. Obviously then, if this valve is opened the suction inthe venturi starts to draw air away from the floatchamber, this being made up… … Detail ol mixture control mechanism ol StrombergCarburetor 24 WRIGHT AERONAUTICAL ENGINES of opening the valve is. therefore, to rarify the airin the float chamber and so reduce its pressure on thefuel. The valve actually used gives great delicacy ofaction ; when closed the mixture is rich and…
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