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  • |Ship propulsion=[[Diesel engine]]s, two shafts ...the Mariners and furnished the planes with gasoline, lubricating oil, and jet-assisted take-off ([[JATO]]) units. The Mariners conducted antisubmarine an
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  • |Ship propulsion=[[Fairbanks-Morse]] geared [[diesel engine]]s, two shafts; 144,442 [[gallon]]s (546,772 [[liter]]s) of fuel ...ced in storage there. In 1957 she was re-engined with four new FM [[diesel engine]]s.<ref>''Conway{{'}}s Alll the World{{'}}s Fighting Ships 1947-1982'', p.
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  • |engine=Solid fuel rocket ...e armour]] followed by the main high explosive anti-tank [[shaped charge]] jet
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  • ...[[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] [[air-cooled engine|air cooled]] [[gasoline engine|gasoline]] ...ucted of all welded steel. The 500 hp, six cylinder, air-cooled, gasoline engine is located in the rear of the vehicle. A total of 3,700 M42s were built. T
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  • ...s for future [[military aircraft]] guns. The higher speeds of [[jet engine|jet-engined]] [[fighter aircraft]] meant that achieving an effective number of ...ion of empty cartridges can cause a foreign-object damage (FOD) hazard for jet engines and because the retention of spent cases assists in maintaining the
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  • |engine= ...into contact with fuel or coolant inside the [[fuel tank]]s or [[Radiator (engine cooling)|radiator]]s respectively.
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  • The '''Airspeed AS.10 Oxford''' is a twin-engine [[monoplane]] aircraft developed and manufactured by [[Airspeed Ltd|Airspee The Oxford was a low-wing twin-engine [[cantilever]] [[monoplane]], featuring a semi-[[monocoque]] constructed [[
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  • ...into energy-rich fuels (petroleum-based fuels), including petrol, diesel, jet, heating, and other fuel oils, and [[liquefied petroleum gas]].<ref>{{cite ...nto [[diesel fuel]] and [[kerosene]] (primary component of many types of [[jet fuel]]), and the ones from hexadecane upwards into [[fuel oil]] and [[lubri
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  • Alloys specially designed for highly demanding applications, such as [[jet engine]]s, may contain more than ten elements.
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  • ...ry metals suitable for strong forces at high temperature, for example in [[jet engines]] or tools used during [[forging]].<ref>{{cite book | url =http://b ...elting point makes tungsten a good material for applications like [[Rocket engine nozzle|rocket nozzle]], for example in the [[UGM-27 Polaris]]<ref>{{cite bo
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  • ...looms run faster and do not use a shuttle: there are air jet looms, water jet looms and rapier looms. ...= Richard Leslie|title=Power from Steam: A History of the Stationary Steam Engine |publisher=Cambridge University Press, |year=1993 |pages=244|isbn=052145834
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  • ...eze (coolant)|coolant]]s, fuels, [[hydraulic fluid]]s, [[boiler water]], [[engine oil]], and many other fluids used in industry. * DCI-4A, widely used in commercial and military [[jet fuel]]s, acts also as a [[lubricity]] additive. Can be also used for [[gaso
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  • ...e as [[diffusion pump]] fluids; high vacuum fluids; and in formulating jet engine/turbine lubricants, high-temperature hydraulic lubricants and greases, and ...mps use a high boiling liquid of low vapor pressure to create a high-speed jet that strikes the gaseous molecules in the system to be evacuated and direct
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  • Kerosene is widely used to power [[jet engine|jet-engined]] aircraft ([[jet fuel]]) and some [[rocket]]s, but is also commonly used as a heating fuel a ...The engine would start on gasoline, then switch over to kerosene once the engine warmed up. A ''heat valve'' on the manifold would route the exhaust gases
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  • On modern tractors, the switch is beneath the seat, and will cut the engine if the operator gets off the tractor while the transmission is engaged or t ...e ignition switch if the rider falls off the vehicle, thus turning off the engine or setting the throttle position to "idle". Some exercise [[treadmill]]s al
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  • ...gines]], and tails ([[empennage]]) by either routing heated air from [[jet engine]]s through the [[leading edge]]s of the wing, tail, and inlets, or on slowe ===Engine failure===
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  • ...erature properties of these nickel [[superalloy]]s, they are used in [[jet engine]]s and [[gas turbine]]s in lieu of common structural materials.<ref name ="
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  • ...pe.png|left|thumb|A prototype of a xenon ion engine being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.|alt=A metal cylinder with electrodes attached to its ...of xenon makes it environmentally friendly and less corrosive to an [[ion engine]] than other fuels such as [[Mercury (element)|mercury]] or [[caesium]]. Xe
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  • ...ercial Aviation Services|GECAS]]), and Honeywell's portfolio of regional [[jet engines]] and [[avionics]], the new company would be able to "bundle" produ [[Category:Aircraft engine manufacturers of the United States]]
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  • Most of the 626s, like the Tutors had an [[Armstrong Siddeley Lynx]] IVC engine of 240&nbsp;hp (180&nbsp;kW), but most of those supplied to the Egyptian an ==Specifications (Avro 626 (Lynx IVC engine))==
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  • ...ed to be powered by 420&nbsp;hp (313&nbsp;kW) Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar IV engine. ...ion powered by 680&nbsp;hp (510&nbsp;kW) [[Armstrong Siddeley Panther]] XI engine.
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  • The Avro Anson was a twin-engine, low-wing [[Cantilever#Aircraft|cantilever]] [[monoplane]]. Developed as a ...sed of welded aluminium and mounted in cradles housed within the wing. The engine cowling were intentionally designed to have a reduced diameter in order to
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  • ...a prototype to test the new [[de Havilland Gipsy|de Havilland Gipsy III]] engine. This prototype, a low-wing [[monoplane]] was initially a modification of t ...e RAF; these aircraft saw the adoption of the [[de Havilland Gipsy Major]] engine, capable of generating 130 HP, and the use of [[plywood]] decking on the re
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  • ...lane]], with dual [[fin]]s at the tailplane's ends. The inverted [[piston engine]] drove a two-blade propeller. |jet or prop?=prop
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  • ...lwheel, powered by a single inverted [[de Havilland Gipsy]] series in-line engine. Despite this, the two types differed significantly in powerplant, form and ...200&nbsp;hp (149&nbsp;kW) [[de Havilland Gipsy Six|Gipsy Six]] 6-cylinder engine, much more powerful than the Magister's 130&nbsp;hp (97&nbsp;kW) [[de Havil
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  • :Initial production version powered by a [[de Havilland Gipsy Major]] engine, four built. |eng1 kn=<!-- jet/rocket engines -->
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  • :Improved variant with a 135hp Blackburn Cirrus II engine |jet or prop?=prop<!-- options: jet/prop/both/neither -->
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  • ...r II|Second World War]]. It went through a number of variants according to engine availability and was even modified as an [[emergency fighter]] during the [ ...itting a lower-powered (715&nbsp;hp (535&nbsp;kW)) Rolls-Royce Kestrel XXX engine, of which there were large surplus stocks available, with extensive revisio
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  • ...with a 250&nbsp;hp (157&nbsp;kW) [[de Havilland Gipsy Queen|Gipsy Queen]] engine. This was used as a personal transport by [[Air Vice-Marshal|AVM]] Sir [[R ...rs for the last five – six&nbsp;years, awaiting financing to restore its engine.
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  • |jet or prop?=prop<!-- options: jet/prop/both/neither --> |engine (prop)=[[de Havilland Gipsy Six II Series II]]
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  • |eng1 type=6-cylinder inverted inline engine |eng1 kn=<!-- jet/rocket engines -->
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  • ...ngines strut-mounted above the wing. The design allowed for flexibility in engine fits and four aircraft were sold to private operators with different engine ...|Napier Rapier IV]] engines and an auxiliary aerofoil behind and below the engine nacelles. It was loaned to [[Jersey Airways]] in 1935 before being withdraw
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