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A carburetor that mounts on the top of a reciprocating engine. Air entering the engine flows downward through the carburetor.
Industry:Aviation
A casting made in a reusable metal mold. The walls of permanent-mold castings can be made thinner than similar walls made by sand casting.
Industry:Aviation
A centrifugal air compressor driven by exhaust gases flowing through a turbine. The compressed air is used to increase the power produced by a reciprocating engine at altitude.
Industry:Aviation
A chamber in a turbine engine into which the scavenged oil is returned. Entrained air separates from the oil in the dwell chamber before it is picked up by the pressure pump.
Industry:Aviation
A chemical compound such as toluene, xylene, and benzene that is blended with gasoline to improve its anti-detonation characteristics.
Industry:Aviation
A coil spring formed into a ring. This type of spring is used to hold segmented ring-type carbon seals tightly against a rotating shaft.
Industry:Aviation
A colorless, combustible compound, (CH1C1H1O)1PO, that is used as a plasticizer in aircraft dope and an additive in gasoline and lubricating oil. TCP aids in scavenging lead deposits left in the cylinders when leaded fuel is burned.
Industry:Aviation
A colorless, poisonous liquid BrCH1CH1Br that is blended with leaded gasoline to help scavenge lead oxides.
Industry:Aviation
A colorless, volatile, flammable, aromatic hydrocarbon liquid which has the chemical formula C1H1. Benzene, which is sometimes called benzoil, is used as a solvent, a cleaning fluid, and a fuel for some special types of reciprocating engines.
Industry:Aviation
A combustor in a gas turbine engine through which the air from the compressor to the turbine flows in an essentially straight line.
Industry:Aviation
