Airplane superchargers / by W.G. Noack.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Noack, W. G., author.

Contributor:

United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, issuing body.

Series:

Technical note (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) ; 48.

Technical notes / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ; No. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airplanes--Motors--Superchargers.

Airplanes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (17 pages, 13 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1921.

Summary:

Airplane superchargers and problems connected therewith are discusssed to include: decrease in air density with increasing altitude, devices to maintain constant power with increase in altitude, super-compression and super-dimension engines, superchargers and control of the supercharger, pressure compensations at the carburetor by means of the supercharger, the pressure compensations at the carburetor and fuel systems, various superchargers, as well as various airscrews.

The ever-increasing demands on the airplane during the war, with regard to climbing speed and ceiling, necessitated the installation of engines of constantly increased power, while the carrying capacity and speed at a serviceable altitude did not proportionately increase. The reason for this is the fact that the engine power output decreases with the increase of flying altitude. The principal reason for the reduction in engine power is the decrease in the density of the air as the airplane rises.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 7, 2019).

"May, 1921."

[Originally published in] "Sonderabdruck aus der Zeitschrift des Vereines Deutscher Ingenieure, Jahrgang 1919, Seite 995"--Page 1

"Translated by the Office of Naval Intelligency, Navy Department. Checked by L.M. Griffith, N.A.C.A."--Page 17

No Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) item number.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Noack, W.G. Airplane superchargers /

OCLC:

1104148306