Firewall Forward: Airplane Engine Installation Methods

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback
• Published by: ACTECH 1995
• ASIN: B0012SOTGK

Product Description
book on the design and construction of the firewall forward area of single engine aircraft. This book includes reprints of articles formerly appearing in EAA's Sport Aviation magazine covering topics such as engine selec-tion, installation, the design exhaust systems and fuel systems, fitting cowls, making hoses, instruments and sensor set-up and much more. This first edition is mostly relevent to self designers and builders of plans built aircraft. 1. ENGINE SELECTION Deciding on an Engine Some Engine Options Locating a Suitable Engine 2. HANDLING AND STORAGE Coping with an Uninstalled Engine You Have an Engine - Now What? 3. FIREWALL PREPARATION Firewall Preparation 4. ENGINE MOUNTS Types of Engine Mounts Welding Jigs 5. EXHAUSTS & MUFFLERS SHHHHMufflers that Work Basic Considerations Design Considerations Exhaust Jet Effect The Sound and the Fury Welding Stainless Steel 6. COWLS & COOLING Cooling by Baffling Baffling Business Cowlings in General Cowl Flaps 7. LINES & HOSES About Aircraft Plumbing 8. FUEL SYSTEMS Managing the System Fuel Tanks Fuel Tank Vents Fuel Quantity Indicators Fuel Valves Fuel Strainers Fuel Flow Fuel Flow Test 9. IGNITION & ELECTRICAL A Battery . . . Will You Need One? Ignition Switches Electrical Systems Messing Around With Magnetos Ignition Wiring Diagrams Electrical Wiring Diagrams 10. POWERPLANT INSTRUMENTS Introduction to Instruments Ammeter Ammeter/Voltmeter Carburetor Temperature Cylinder Head Temperature Exhaust Gas Temperature Fuel Pressure Manifold Pressure Oil Pressure Oil Temperature Tachometer Vacuum Pressure Voltmeter Markings, Powerplant Instruments 11. ENGINE INSTALLATION Installing the Engine Placard that Panel Instrument, Controls Shopping List 12. PROPELLERS & SPINNERS 13. CENTER OF GRAVITY 14. ENGINE OPERATIONS