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1926
1926 - 0931.PDF
DECEMBER 9, 1926 BRITISH ENGINES AT THE PARIS SHOW : Two views of the Armstrong-Siddeley Lynx, that on the right showing the crankcase cover removed. already well known to readers of FLIGHT, and will not, there-fore require, a very detailed reference here, but the fourth, the " Mongoose," is an entirely new type which has notbeen shown in public before, and we therefore propose to deal with this engine at rather more length. In order, however,to make our account complete, we give below the specifica- tions of the three older types of Armstrong-Siddeley engines.The " Jaguar " is a 14-cylinder radial air cooled engine with its cylinders arranged in two rows of 7 each, the rowsbeing staggered so that the cylinders of the back row are in line with the openings between those of the front row. The" Jaguar" has a bore and stroke of 125 mm. and 140 mm. respectively, giving a total capacity of 24-781 litres. Thecompression ratio is 5 to 1 and the power of the engine is 400 h.p. to 425 h.p. The normal speed is 1,700 r.p.m. Thepetrol consumption is 0-56 pint per h.p. per hour, and the H H H H H H H H S H m H 13 13 British Engines at the Paris Show : The Armstrong- Siddeley 65-75 h.p. " Genet." m B ia H H a a is 13 H 13 a 13 H tS H H H H H H 803
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