1. The Airplane
Chapter 5
Engine

2. Figure 5-1. Radial engine.

3. Figure 5-2. Radial engine.

4. Figure 5-3. Inverted in-line engine.

5. Figure 5-4. In-line engine and inverted in-line engine.

6. Figure 5-5. Horizontally opposed engine.

7. Figure 5-6. Horizontally opposed engine and vee configuration.

8. Figure 5-7. Parts of a typical reciprocating engine.

9. Figure 5-8. The four strokes of a reciprocating engine.

10. Figure 5-9. Typical valve timing in the four-stroke cycle.

11. Figure 5-10. A typical ignition system.

12. Figure 5-11. Distributor finger.

13. Figure 5-12. The electric starter system.

14. Figure 5-13. The ignition switch in the cockpit.

15. Figure Oil check.

16. Figure 5-15. A typical oil system.

17. Figure Cooling fins.

18. Figure 5-17. Cowl flaps and engine cooling.

19. Figure 5-18. The cowls direct cooling air.

20. Figure 5-19. Cross-section of a simple float-type carburetor.

21. Figure 5-20. The accelerator pump.

22. Figure 5-21. The idling system.

23. Figure 5-22. Mixture control systems.

24. Figure Impact ice.

25. Figure 5-24. Throttle and fuel ice.

26. Figure 5-25. Typical fuel injection system.

27. Figure 5-26. Check propeller is clean.

28. Figure 5-27. RPM and MAP gauges.

29. Figure Starting.

30. Figure With a constant-speed propeller, the propeller control controls RPM and the throttle determines the manifold pressure.

31. Figure Engine checks.