Book Description

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Napier Nomad, Rolls-Royce Crecy, Shvetsov ASh-82, Continental O-200, Packard V-1650, Daimler-Benz DB 605, Junkers Jumo 213, Continental O-170, Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major, Daimler-Benz DB 603, Shvetsov ASh-73, Lycoming XR-7755, Chrysler IV-2220, Rolls-Royce Eagle, Charomskiy ACh-30, BMW 803, Continental O-300, BMW 802, Nakajima Homare, Klimov VK-107, Pratt & Whitney X-1800, Pratt & Whitney R-2000 Twin Wasp, Continental O-190, Wright R-1300, Charomskiy M-40, Mikulin AM-37, Klimov VK-106, Continental O-280, Elizalde Tigre IV, Lycoming O-233, Franklin O-335, Lycoming O-435, Rolls-Royce Pennine, Argus As 411, Ivchenko AI-26, Mikulin AM-42, Klimov M-120, Armstrong Siddeley Cougar, Shvetsov ASh-21, Mikulin AM-38, Wright R-2160, Pratt & Whitney XH-3130, Mikulin AM-39, Junkers Jumo 223, Pratt & Whitney PT1, Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz DZ 710. Excerpt: The Rolls-Royce Crecy was an unusual British experimental two-stroke, 90-degree, V12, liquid-cooled aero-engine of 1,536 cu.in (26 L) capacity, featuring sleeve valves and direct petrol injection. Developed between 1941 and 1945 it was the most advanced two-stroke aero-engine ever to be built. The engine was named after the Battle of Crecy, battles being the intended names for future Rolls-Royce two-stroke engines, however no further engines of this type were built. The Crecy was intended to power the Supermarine Spitfire after flight testing in a converted Hawker Henley, but neither aircraft type flew with this engine fitted. The project was cancelled in December 1945 as the progress of jet engine development overtook that of the Crecy and replaced the need for this engine. Sir Henry Tizard, Chairman of the Aeronautical Research Committee (ARC), was a proponent of a high-powered "sprint" engine for fighter aircraft and had foreseen the need for such a powerplant as early...