Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II: Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont)
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Langley Memoir on Mechanical Flight, Parts I and II: Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, Volume 27 Number 3, Publication 1948, 1911
Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont)
Aeronautics; Flight
millimetres.
Inside diameter of cylinder 33
Stroke of piston 70
Length of cylinder inside 88
Length of piston 11
Clearance at each end 0.5
Diameter of piston rod 5
Length of cross-head 17.5
Diameter of guides 4.5
Distance from center to center of guides 26
Length of guides 110
Length of wrist-pin bearing 8.5
Length of connecting rod 150
Ratio of connecting rod to stroke 2-1/7 to 1
Length of crank pin 10
Diameter of main shaft 8
Length of main bearings 25
Distance from center of cylinder to center of valve stem 35
Length of valve 72
Width of ports 2
Outside lap of valve 4
Inside lap of valve 3
Lead of valve 0
Travel of valve 13
Cut-off from beginning of stroke 57
Exhaust opens End of stroke
Exhaust closes on return stroke 48
Diameter of valve stem 4.5
Diameter of eccentric 36
Width of eccentric 4
Width of crank arm 4
The weights were nearly as follows:
grammes.
Engine 464
Pump and pump shafts 231
Gasoline tank and valves 178
Burners 360
Boilers, frames holding boilers, and mica covers over boilers 651
Separator, steam gauge and pipe for engine 540
Exhaust pipe 143
Smoke stack 342
In all, 2909 grammes, or 6.4 pounds.
[Illustration: PL. 26A
DIMENSIONED DRAWING OF BOILER COILS, BURNERS, PUMP, NEEDLE VALVE AND
THRUST BEARING]
[Illustration: PL. 26B
DIMENSIONED DRAWING OF ENGINE NO. 5]
[Illustration: PL. 27A
SIDE AND END ELEVATIONS OF AERODROME NO. 5, MAY 11, 1896]
[Illustration: PL. 27B
AERODROME NO. 5 PLAN VIEW. OCTOBER 24, 1896]
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