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)
Fuels and dopes for aircraft engines
Roy. Aeronautical Soc. -- Jl.
Royal Aeronautical Society -- Journal ; 34 , n 232
1930
15 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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