Lacking a flying programme, the visitors fund ample time to absorb the signs of progress in the large static exhibition where stands were occupied by 106 members of the society. The new engines, yielding greatly increased power and prom ing still bigger output when fuel of a higher rating comes into general use.
afforded striking evidence of the which the engine designer is in the production of aircraft of high speed and tong range.
Some of them, like the latest Napier Dagger, which has 24 cylinder: arranged so as to form with the driving gear in the centra the shape of a letter H, may not yet declare their high output, and such an engine may arely hint at the advantage which Will be derived by its many small cylinders from the improved fuel The power-of the Rolls-Royce Merlin (1050 lip), of the Bristol Pegasus XVIII, (940 h.p.), and of the Bristol Hercules sleeve-valve engine (1,350 h.p.) represents the success of the constructors in producing high output with comparatively small frontal ap Among the many exhibits of accessories is an interesting variation for the benefit of small aircraft, of the of remote control which over any tendency to slackness due to the stretching of cable or the misadjustment of rods.
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