Garfield County News | 1928-10-19 | Page 3 | Further Development of Airplane Dependent upon Problem of Combustion

further development of airplane dependent upon problem of combustion by PROF GEORGE GRANGER BROWN university of michigan the lifting ability of a plane depends on oil tho the power of the motor until the internal combustion om bustion engine was available with its ita low wei weight glit per horse power tile the weight of tho the power plant always exceeded the lifting capacity of the plane just as the internal combustion engine made possible the airplane 30 is further development of the airplane dependent upon still lower weights per unit of power the efficiency of present plane and propeller design is so high that there is little opportunity for improvement along these lines i but if the weight of the motor torand mo and fuel could be reduced or its power proportionately increased so much muth more pay load could be carried all human and animal existence depends upon combustion as its ita 1 burce of energy the first real progress man made in his ascent or descent from the anthropomorphic missing link depended upon ills his control of fire or combustion and our further progress depends upon more intelligent and efficient control of combustion at present there is n deadlock in the design of light high speed internal combustion engines for automobile and aircraft use the effect on increased compression in i is thoroughly highly realized designer 4 are prepared to supply high compression engines if the common run of motor fuels rn cn he be used in them