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CAUSES OF ENGINE FAILURE INVESTIGATED British Official 'wireless (Received November 6, 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 Faimborough with regard to the failure of engines in flight due to the formation of ice in the carburettor or the 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. Apparatus is being devised which detects the onset of freezing and supplies the 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 a bench and in flight.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20259, 7 November 1935, Page 9
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134AIR RESERVE Timaru Herald, Volume CXL, Issue 20259, 7 November 1935, Page 9
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