AIR FORCE EXPERIMENTS
PREVENTING ICE FORMATION
ENGINE FAILURE ELIMINATED (Britiib Official Wireless). RUGBY, Nov. j. The report of the Aeronautical Research Committee just issued records important results from experiments at the Itoyal Air Force establishment at Faniborougli with regard to the failure of engines in flight due to the formation of ice in the carburettor or accumulation of air or vapour in the petrol system. It has been shown that ice formation can be eliminated by the addition of a small quantity of alcohol to petrol. An apparatus has been devised which detects the onset of freezing and supplies alcohol until ice has been disneiscd.
The apparatus has given satisfaction under laboratory tests and will now be tried attached to tho engine both on the bench and in flight.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 7 November 1935, Page 7
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129AIR FORCE EXPERIMENTS Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 7 November 1935, Page 7
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