1. The airplane engine packet

7. The Airplane Engine
What is the alternative name for an airplane engine?
An internal combustion engine is also know as a _____________ engine.
Where is the fuel compressed and burned?
What does an intake valve do?
What is an exhaust valve?
How does the piston seal the gases in the cylinder?
Why is it important that cylinders can be arranged in different configurations?
An engine converts chemical energy into what energy form?
What are the steps in a four-stroke operating cycle?
What are the difference between a reciprocating jet and rocket engines?
What is the stoichiometric ratio?
What does the throttle operate?
How does a carburetor work? (in bold in packet)
What is the altimeter for?
What is vertical velocity?
What does the airspeed indicator actually measure?

8. Powerplant
Reciprocating
Cylinder
Lets air/fuel into the cylinder
Lets the exhaust gases out
It has rings that act as seals
So that engines may be mounted in different airframes
Mechanical D
Mixture of gas and air
Carburetor
Air is drawn in and passes into the engine thru the manifold intake. d
Records the difference between still air and air that is being rammed into the system.