Review of requirements for airplane fuels and progress made in past six years towards meeting them; cracked material essential; volatility; investigation of certain additional degree of volatility in middle range which is necessary even though engine itself is hotter than average motor-car engine; physical and chemical stability necessary; question of layering; anti-knock value; increased efficiency attained by increasing compression ratios; evaluation of anti-knock quality; effect of changed conditions; best hydrocarbons; accurate testing method. (See also Aircraft Eng vol. 1, no. 10, Dec. 1929 pp. 344-346)


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    Title :

    Fuels and dopes for aircraft engines


    Additional title:

    Roy. Aeronautical Soc. -- Jl.


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1930


    Size :

    15 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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