Power demands of aircraft have become so great as to justify use of independent generator sets in place of auxiliary generators driven by main engines; generating set of this type developed by Rotol, Ltd, is illustrated and described; engine is arranged as "flat-six" with three cylinders on either side of crankcase; cylinder bore is 3.375 in. with stroke of 3 in.; governed speed is 3750 rpm, giving 60 bhp at altitude of 12,000 ft. (See also Elec Times v 105 n 2746 June 8 1944 p 664-5; Flight v 44 n 1819 Nov 4 1943 p 500-1; Engineering v 157 n 4082 Apr 7 1944 p 265-8; Can Aviation v 17 n 1 Jan 1944 p 80, 82; U S Army Air Forces -- Tech Data Digest v 10 n 7 July 1944 p 71-3)


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    Title :

    Aircraft generating sets


    Additional title:

    Automobile Engr


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1944


    Size :

    6 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


    Aircraft generating sets

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1943


    Aircraft generating sets

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1944


    Aircraft generating sets

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1944



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