These notes are intended to furnish practical and general data on the effect of altitude on engine power. The effective horsepower of an engine is a function of the mean pressure of the fluid acting on the pistons, of the R.P.M. of the engine and of the mechanical efficiency.
Effect of altitude on power of aviation engines
1924-11-01
Miscellaneous
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English
The testing of aviation engines under approximate altitude conditions
Engineering Index Backfile | 1924
|NTIS | 1969
|Engineering Index Backfile | 1916
|Power of aircraft engines at altitude
Engineering Index Backfile | 1939
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