[SEL] two questions about hit n miss engines

[Kangas, James G.]

Why were so many of the early gas engines' speed governed by hit n' miss rather then regulating the fuel/air volume?
Why  do these same early engines have such a poor power to weight ratio?
    Jim kangas



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