Model Aero Engine Encyclopedia (RCL#1996)

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Model Aero Engine Encyclopedia
R.G. Moulton (Ed.)
Model & Allied Publications Ltd., Hemel Hempstead, Herts
1968
Book, 108 pages

       

 
About this title

"A comprehensive study of the miniature two-stroke power unit in its many and varied forms. Dealing with home construction, mass production, design and operation, it provides a wealth of information on allied subjects and summarises the performance data and specifications of the world's most popular commercial diesel and glow-plug engines."

Contents
1. TYPES OF ENGINE
2. MANUFACTURING FITS AND TOLERANCES
3. BORE AND STROKE
4. COMPRESSION RATIO
5. CARBURETTION
6. COOLING
7. TUNING FOR SPEED
8. TUNING FOR FREE FLIGHT
9. HORSE POWER AND TORQUE
10. TEST APPARATUS
11. OPERATING A FIRST DIESEL
12. FUEL TANKS AND FUEL FEEDS
13. SILENCERS
14. OPERATING GLOW PLUG ENGINES
15. OPERATING SPARK IGNITION ENGINES
16. ENGINE SPEED CONTROLS
17. FUELS
18. CHOOSING THE RIGHT PROPELLER

Part II: Making your own diesel engine

19. EQUIPMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON DESIGN
20. MATERIALS, PATTERN-MAKING AND CASTING
21. TOOLS AND PROCESSES IN THE LATHE
22. LOOKING AFTER THE LATHE
23. WORK ON THE COMPONENTS
24. ASSEMBLY AND TEST
25. MAKING THE SUGDEN SPECIAL
26. MAKING A PULSE JET
27. HOME BUILT REV. COUNTER

APPENDICES 1-5

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