Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 2 Issue 7
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Aircraft Engines and the Future
THE Wilbur Wright Lecture this year is certainly one of the most thought‐provoking that has been delivered. Read in conjunction with the James Forrest Lecture, printed in our last…
The Packard Diesel Engine: A Detailed Description Bringing out the Main Features, with some Criticisms
ABOUT two years ago—early in 1928—rumours first began to circulate that the Packard Company had built a successful air‐cooled radial Diesel engine which had satisfactorily…
A Novel Air‐Cooled Engine: The New 300 Horse‐power Napier has Four Banks of Cylinders Forming an H
IN the article “Tendencies in Engine Design at Olympia” published in AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, September 1929 (Vol. 1, pp. 247–257), regret was expressed that there was no information…
The First British Salmson Radial: Full Details of the 9AD‐50 Horse‐Power Engine as altered to meet English Requirements
E. FairbrotherIT was not until about the year 1918 that any serious development of the fixed radial engine began in this country. In 1913, however, The Société des Moteurs Salmson was formed in…
The Siemens‐Halske S.H.20 Engine: General Description with Power and Consumption Curves Including Report of Official Type Tests
Waldemar C. BeckTHE Siemens SH.20, which can be supplied with or without reduction gear, has a total swept volume of 31·5 litres and a power output of 500–560 h.p., and is one of the largest and…
The Design of Aircraft Instruments: The Reasons Why They Must be Specially Produced and Attempts at Adaptation Result in Failure
C.J. StewartTHE design of aircraft instruments is a highly specialized art, and unless the principles are well understood a great wastage of time and money can occur before a successful…
Progress in Aircraft Engines: The Development of the Aero Engine Surveyed with Suggestions for Radical Changes in the Future
H.R. RicardoTHE possibility of sustained flight by heavier‐than‐air machines was fully recognised during the last century by those who had studied the aerodynamic problems involved, and it…
Engines for British Aircraft: Summary of New Regulations about to be Issued for Type Approval and Acceptance Tests
FOLLOWING the Air Convention held on the 13th of October, 1919, the I.C.A.N. (International Commission for Air Navigation) laid clown the minimum requirements for Air‐worthiness…
A Polish Single‐Seater Fighter: The 600 h.p. Hispano‐engined P.Z.L. 1 in which Special Attention Has Been Paid to View
AN interesting single‐seater fighter incorporating several innovations for aircraft of this type has recently been introduced by the Polish aircraft firm of Panstwowe Zaklady…
Recent Technical Developments: A Seaplane Issue—Steam‐cooling for Aeroplanes—New British Fog‐landing Experiments—R. 100 and R. 101
A Steam‐cooled Aeroplane Engine IN R. & M. No. 1163 (“On the Correction of Heat from the Surface of an Aerofoil in a Wind Current”) the statement was made that “Although…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstract of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National Advisory…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection from Important Aircraft and Aero Engine Specifications Published Recently
327,060. Aircraft. Short, A. E., and Short, H. O., Seaplane Works, Rochester, Kent. June 5, 1929, No. 17246. [Class 4.]
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- Prof Phil Webb