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1933
1933 - 0111.PDF
FLIGHT, JULY 13, 1933 3/te Snduxtoij THE CAPEL STARTER OME form of mechanical starter has long been wanted for our light aircraft engines. Now the Cirrus- Hermes Engineering Co. have placed upon the market the Capel Starter, which fulfils all the requirements. This was first introduced to the world by our description in FLIGHT for March 9 of this year. At that time, however, it was somewhat experimental, and the electrical model had not been fully tested out. Now the Capel Starter is on the market and is already fitted to aircraft in everyday use. It will be seen from the photo graphs that the Capel Electric Inertia Starter, to give* it its full name, is very compact, and this is, moreover, borne out by the following data: - Electric. Weight 17J lb. Maximum diameter . . 6|- in. Maximum overall length %\ in. Current consumption, 15 amps at 12 volts. Hand-operated. 10 lb. %\ in. 5J in. An advantage of this type of starter is that it does not in any way interfere with the normal functioning of the engine, and, should it for any reason be out of action, the engine may be started up in the usual way. With this low current consumption the ordinary navigation light battery can be used for starting, and one of 21 amp hr. capacity will provide approximately 100* starts from cold, for a " Hermes " engine. Proof of this lies in the fact that 54 starts from dead cold have been obtained on a 15 amp. hr. battery. The time taken to energise the flywheel suffici ently for a start from cold is only 25 sec, but when the engine is hot less than a quarter of this time is needed. JC-f The Capel Starter on a " Hermes IV " engine. It fits in well with the design of the crankcase. In its present form the starter is suitable for engines of up to 200 h.p., but with very slight alteration in the size and weight of the flywheel it can be used for engines of up to 600 h.p. The Capel Starter in pieces showing its comparative simplicity. ASSISTANCE TO TRAVELLERS ABROAD fyJOTORISTS—and for that matter, aviators—travelling abroad who have little or no knowledge of foreign !n guages have often had a vast amount of trouble with "j'tel and garage bills. Autocheques, Ltd., of Piccadilly - >use, 33, Regent Street, have arranged with hundreds of -^ntmerjtal hotels a system of cheques which should be of I'fat assistance to travellers abroad. One of these cheques e ,im tlle Presenter to dinner, bedroom, breakfast, ^raSe and gratuities at any specified hotel for one night, J tnis method saves all the trouble of unpleasant ;-Rgling. Autocheques have arranged for the acceptance these cheques at hotels in most countries in Europe. 0t.„, SIMMONDS AEROCESSORIES, LTD. ^iiVlMONDS AEROCESSORIES, LTD., of 55, Turnmill ev„i . et> E.C.l, announce that they have granted an c<) usive licence for the aeronautical uses of the Simmonds- in ,rlfy Control, described in a recent issue of FLIGHT, the United States of America to the Brewster Aero nautical Corporation, Long Island City, New York. Pro duction is already in hand. The control will be known in America as the " Simmonds-Brewster Control." Simmonds Aerocessories, Ltd., have also recently appointed the following agents: — For Holland—Messrs. Vereenigde Ingenieurs en Handels- bureaux, Heerengracht 401-3, Ams-terdam. For Sweden—Messrs. Aero Materiel A.-B. Birger Jarls- gatam 6, Stockholm. Something quite new in aeronautical development is to be found in this company's " 24-hr. template " service. The; airciaft monufact'irer has merely to bend a series of lengths of mild-steel rod to the desired run of the control, marking each length in sequence with designatory letters. The only technical information then required is the stroke of the unit, and the desired diameter of casing tube. These templates are then despatched to New Street or Snow Hill stations, Birmingham, where they are collected by Sim monds Aerocessories, Ltd. The casing tubes are then bent to shape, threaded left and right at the two ends to take 711
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