[SEL] two questions about hit n miss engines

[rdhaskell at juno.com]

On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:22:43 -0400 "Kangas, James G."
<james.kangas at timken.com> writes:
> Why were so many of the early gas engines' speed governed by hit n' 
> miss rather then regulating the fuel/air volume?

Someone's idea of the best way to go.  If you did not require a constant
speed or have a constant load, it was much more fuel efficient.

> Why  do these same early engines have such a poor power to weight 
> ratio?
>     Jim kangas
They were made to last.  The thought of making it just barely strong
enough to do the job for a year or two was not a goal.  Also metallurgy
was not high tech.

Those are the short answers.

Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California USA
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