Kniha Hercules Gordon A. A. Wilson

Hercules

The Other Engine that helped Win the War

Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Pevná
Vydavatel: Amberley Publishing
Dostupnost: 50 % šance
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The Bristol Hercules was a 14-cylinder sleeve valve radial engine designed by Sir Roy Fedden and pro...

Informace o knize

Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Pevná
Vydáno
2024
Stránek
288
EAN
9781398111684
Enbook ID
44203268
Hmotnost
628
Rozměry
156 x 234

Kompletní popis

The Bristol Hercules was a 14-cylinder sleeve valve radial engine designed by Sir Roy Fedden and produced from 1939 by BAC. It powered Bristol''s own Beaufighter but was more commonly used on bombers. From the 1375 hp Hercules I to the 1735 hp Hercules XVII produced late in the war, the variants powered the Avro Lancaster B.II, the Handley Page Halifax, the Short Stirling, the Vickers Wellesley and the Vickers Wellington, among others. The sleeve valve engine was an efficient configuration that allowed the use of lower octane fuels for the same compression ratio. It was clever, and it worked. Gordon Wilson provides a biography of this ingenious workhorse, designed and modified under the pressure of wartime, He has had exclusive access to the restoration of a Handley Page Halifax, which has provided picture details unavailable elsewhere.

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