THE usual method of driving aero-generators is by means of a small windmill mounted on the shaft of the generator, the contour of the latter being streamlined. By this means a separate prime mover is dispensed with, while, if the windmill is placed in the slip-stream of the main airscrew, some of the lost energy is re-generated. The inherent drawback to this form of drive is, however, that the speed of a normal windmill—and hence of the generator armature—varies with the speed of the aircraft, and many methods have been devised to overcome this trouble.


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    Title :

    Windmills for Aircraft Generators


    Subtitle :

    The Manufacture and Wind-Tunnel Testing of a Centrifugally Operated Variable-Pitch Type



    Publication date :

    1931-06-01


    Size :

    1 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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