The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design
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The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design is by Leonard S. Hobbs. The acknowledgments say the mere mention of the Wright name automatically opened almost every door and brought forth complete cooperation. The acknowledgments name Gilmoure N. Cole, A. L. Rockwell, and the late L. Morgan Porter as major contributors, the latter having made the calculations of the shaking forces, the volumetric efficiency, and the connecting rod characteristics of the 1903 engine. The acknowledgments say Louis P. Christman supervised the reconstruction of the 1905 Wright airplane.
The text says one engine demonstrated the most power of any of the flat 4s, eventually reaching an output of approximately 25 hp, which was even somewhat more than that developed by the slightly larger 4-1/8-in.-bore flight engine, with which 21 hp was not exceeded. The contents list names, among others, The Wright Shop Engine, a bibliography and an index.
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- Leonard S. Hobbs
- Pages
- 94
- Language
- English
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- Engineering
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