Unit 1: History of Engines

Charles Edward Taylor "Charlie."

in 1957 at 87 years old

at the portal of folded wings shrine to aviation in burbank california

- first used in steam engines in 1770s

a french engine (rotary engine) in 1908 that introduced air cooling as a way to eliminate plumbing and lighten the weight

- american built
- sought 400 hp
- water cooled engines tended to outperfom air cooled engines
- stayed cool by having antifreeze flow through them with a radiator to cool the heated water
- Rolls Royce only built water cooled engines at the time

- least popular of the other choices
- dispesed with radiators that leaked, cooling jackets often corroded, and water pumps usally failed

pulls in air by using compressors. The compressor rotates rapidly to compress the air which then flows into the combustor.

here fuel is injected, mized with this air, and burned. Heats the air to a high temperature. Hot high pressure air then passes through the Turbine

Spins hot high pressure air rapidly to draw power from this hot airflow to spin the compressor.

- combined two engines into one
- engine had two compressors which each rotated independently with the inner one giving high compression for good performance