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1913
1913 - 0187.PDF
FEBRUARY 15, 1913. that they must be in every respect up to the required standard. In England this means that the builder has to do all his own experi- mental developments at his own expense, for he will received particular encouragement from numerous trial orders. It is this more than anyhing else that has delayed progress in British manu facture, but .t is a situation that has to be faced, and there is small use wasting breath trying to change a policy that is only too obviously permanent. The authorities need British engines, but they are not in a position to buy anything that does not come up [JFycHf The 85 95-h.p. MUnes-Dalmler-Mercedes aviation .motor. The new 1913 model 65-h.p. Austro-Daimler motor. to the standard of their requirements, and so it entirely rests with the British constructor to rope the market into his own fie'd. Visitors to Olympia will be able to inspect a fine collection of engines of various types, with the British industry well represented in the Wolseley, Green and N.E.C. From trance there will be the Anzani, Gnome, Clerget, Salmsonand Renault; from Germany, the Mercedes, Benz and N.A.G., and from Austria, the Austro- Daimler. The 100-h.p. 12-cyl. Renault air-cooled motor. THE 100-H.P. GREEN ENGINE. The above photographs illustrate the latest 100-h.p. 6-cyl. Green engine, which is The Green Engine Co. are a pioneer concern in aero motors, and they of British design and construction «lj«jnghoat. ^h count8ry> In the British Military Trials, the 60 b.p. Green have likewise been the most successful oJ*" . d oU consUmption on the Avro biplane, and it must be borne made a remarkable performance for foc! c°ns"mP"tter of importance in long-dis.ance flying. The 60-h.p. engine was in mind that economy under these neaos is machJne designed to pa<s the military tests, but at that time the 100-h.p. somewhat less poweriul than was r|1u,"u . correspondingly improved evenness of turning moment, this later model model was not finished. With its ocy . pparent pilots feel towards 4-cyl. vertical engines as a type. In an aero- should remove much of the ™ls*'Mi ™*J ",on, 5_e themselves air-borne, and the absence of vibration is thus of the very plane, it must be remembered, the foundations »« greate5t lmportance. 191
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