Aircraft Powerplants 7th Ed

Description

Part of the Glencoe Aviation Technology Series, is the most comprehensive and up-to-date powerplant book on the market today. It has been revised to reflect the latest legislation and changing industry needs. The new edition features expanded coverage of turbine engine theory and nomenclature. It also includes additional current models of turbofan, turboprop, and turboshaft engines. Information on turbine engine fuel, oil, and ignition sys, has been expanded and divided i separate chapters. The remainder of the turbine engine material is updated and presented apart from reciprocating engines, allowing for the flexibility of teaching this material separately or together. New material added to the propeller section deals with composite propellers, dynamic propeller balancing, and auxiliary propeller systems such as auto-feather, desynchro-phasing, and de-ice. The updated and reorganized material on aircraft systems includes the latest information on control, , indicating and seaming systems. Throughout the text, special emphasis has been placed on the integration of information regarding how individual components and systems operate together. ISBN:9780071134293