Aircraft Power Plants (Revised Edition), 1955, 1955

Document Type: Textbook (Technical).

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Series: Northrop Institute of Technology Series

Scope: "Aircraft Power Plants has been prepared to provide the stu-dent, mechanic, and aviation technician with a well-rounded background of information on aircraft engines, engine accessories, and power-plant systems. Aircraft Power Plants is one of a series of three texts prepared by Northrop Aeronautical Institute. These texts are designed to encompass information on all phases of airframe and power-plant operation and maintenance. The other two texts in the series are Aircraft Basic Science and Aircraft Maintenance and Repair. The revised edition of Aireraft Power Plants has been brought up to date by the addition of new descriptive material and illustrations on aviation fuels, carburetors, direct fuel injection, super-chargers, low-tension ignition systems, spark plugs, engine-analyzing and -testing equipment, automatic and controllable propellers, turbojet engines, compound engines, and numerous other items."

Contents (from Table of Contents): Preface 1. Power-plant Progress 2. Internal-combustion Engine Principles 3. Fuel and Fuel Systems for Aircraft 4. The Float-type Carburetors 5. The Pressure-injection Type of Carburetor 6. Supercharging and Induction Systems 7. Aircraft-engine Classfication, Construction, and Nomenclature 8. Aircraft-engine Lubricants 9. Engine-starting Systems 10. Ignition Systems 11. Valve and Ignition Timing 12. Engine Control Systems 13 Propeller Fundamentals 14. Propellers for Light Airplanes 15. Propeller Inspection, Maintenance, and Repair 16. The Principles of Jet Propulsion 17. Uses of thr Gas Turbine 18. Modern Turbojet Engines 19. Jet Engine Systems, Operation, and Inspections Acknowledgments Index