Method of Mounting Cylinder Blocks of in-Line Engines on CUE Crankcases (open access)

Method of Mounting Cylinder Blocks of in-Line Engines on CUE Crankcases

Report describes the installation of six-cylinder blocks from two in-line aircraft engines on CUE crankcases, which permits the separate operation of any cylinder as part of a single-cylinder test engine. Using multicylinder-engine blocks for single-cylinder tests is advantageous because there is greater availability of standard engine parts and there is less temperature gradient. Modifications of the crankcase, camshaft-drive mechanism, and operation of the cylinder are described.
Date: July 1944
Creator: Waldron, C. D. & Biermann, A. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library