ICE ON AIR ENGINES
APPARATUS FOR DISPERSAL.
ALCOHOL MIXED WITH PETROL. (British Official Wireless). (Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, November 5. The report of the Aeronautical Research Committee, just issued, records important results from experiments at the Royal Aircraft establishment at Farnborough with .regard to the failure of engines in flight due to the formation of ice in the carburettor or an accumulation of air- or vapour in the petrol system. It has been shown that ice formation could be eliminated by the addition of a small quantity of alcohol to the petrol. An apparatus has been devised which detects the onset of freezing and supplies alcohol until the ice has been dispersed. The apparatus has given satisfaction under laboratory tests, and will now be tried attached to an engine both on the bench and in flight.
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Southland Times, Issue 22732, 7 November 1935, Page 5
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136ICE ON AIR ENGINES Southland Times, Issue 22732, 7 November 1935, Page 5
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