- Aero Engineering : a Comprehensive Work for those Engaged in the Production, Assembly, Testing, Maintenance and Overhaul of Aircraft. Vol.I Principles and Construction Part 1 - Pages 1-416 and Part 2 - Pages 417-840
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CID:
Class:
- NAL Hub
Sub Title:
- Vol.II Production - Part 1 - Pages 1-400 and Part 2 - Pages 401-844, Vol.III Maintenance and Overhaul Part 1 - Pages 1-432 and Part 2 - Pages 433-860 (6 vols).
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Place of Publication:
Publisher:
- George Newnes Limited
Publication Date:
- [1938]
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Abstract:
- Illustrated throughout with numerous photographs and other diagrams, various authors discuss in Vol. 1 Part I aircraft construction, materials (includes specifications of aircraft steels), radio, the Claudel-Hobson carburettor, aero engine testing, de Havilland controllable-pitch airscrew, the full-scale wind tunnel at R.A.E. Farnborough, Reid and Sigrist turn indicator gyorizon / commercial turn indicator / fore and aft level / dive-bombing inclinometer / pilot reaction tester / picket and grab hook, ignition screening harness, automatic engine controls and automatic pilot control; in Vol. 1 Part II aerodrome lighting, Hele-Shaw / Beacham / Curtiss variable-pitch airscrews, ground engineers licences, Airspeed Envoy, electrical equipment, brakes, Bristol Mercury / Pegasus / Perseus, biplane rigging, Sperry Artificial Horizon / Directional Gyro / Gyropilot, bonding of aircraft structures, pressure gauges, Kollsman Sensitive Altimeter, J. Pollock-Brown P.B. Automatic Control, rate of climb / engine revolution indicator, Smith airspeed indicator / fuel contents gauge, the Link trainer and aviation fuels; in Vol. 2 Part I aircraft construction / production / manufacturing / assembly, welding, rivets and riveting, fuel and oil pipe lines, Blackburn Cirrus Minor, engine testing (radial air-cooled and supercharged engines, Rolls-Royce Kestrel V, engine production (specifically related to the Bristol Mercury) and the use of aluminium in fuel tanks (continued into Vol.2 Part II); in Vol. 2 Part II engine installation, assembling / engine installation on the Airspeed Envoy, aero-engine accessories (including pumps), testing radial air-cooled engines, monospar wing construction, magnetic compasses, production of aircraft instruments, de Havilland Gipsy Major / Gipsy Six I engines, aerodrome ground equipment, aircraft radio equipment, thermometers, aircraft interchangeability, maintenance and manufacture of parachutes, Lockheed Electra 10A, airscrew materials and construction, plastics in aircraft, Napier Rapier VI and Alvis Pelides and Leonides engines, magnetos, electrical equipment on Short Empire flying boats and the Napier-Halford Dagger III engine; in Vol. 3 Part I the maintenance of the de Havilland Gipsy Major engine / DH.60 Gipsy Moth / Moth Major / Moth Seaplane / DH.86, 86a and 86B Four-Engined Express Air Liner / DH.89 Dragon Rapide / DH.90 Dragonfly variable-pitch airscrew, maintenance inspection schedules, Saunders-Roe London flying boat, Phillips & Powis aeroplanes (including the Cirrus Hawk, Hawk Major, Hawk Trainer, Falcon Major, Falcon VI, Miles Whitney Straight), Blackburn Cirrus Minor, Rolls-Royce Kestrel carburetter, Reid turn indicator, metal hulls and floats; in Vol. 3 Part II the inspection, maintenance and overhaul of sparking plugs, Bristol Mercury Series VII, VIII and IX, Rolls-Royce Kestrel V, Imperial Airways maintenance operations, de Havilland DH.85 Leopard Moth / Gipsy II and III / Gipsy Six I and II engine, Airspeed Envoy, brakes, automatic pilot, Monospar S.T. 25 (fitted with Pobjoy Niagara III engine), metal hulls and floats and Eclipse aircraft engine starter. Includes Foreword by Viscount Swinton.
Notes:
- (PHY) Illustrated
Loan Period (CAT):
- R
Historical Created Date:
- 10 Jul 2018
Publication Date Information:
- c.1938
Record Type:
- Book