1928-09-13 — Page 13

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1928.

NEW ENGINE.

FOR THE ROYAL AIR FORCE.

NAPIER PRODUCT.

THE CHINA MAIL,

WOMEN ON TOUR.

VISITING NEAR EAST IN

MOTOR CAR.

12,000-MILE TRIP.

gressive results, fn large numbora of aircraft in the British, Air Force. It was a Series XL Napier engine which was installed in the Fairey III.F. aircraft which few from Cairo to Cape Town and back this year, whilst the De Havilland "Hound" machine which set up three world's records was fitted

Now. York, July 10. with an engine of this type. The

Sailing for Cadiz on the Spanish Handley Page "Harrow," Black- burn "Ripon," Vickers "Vivid and Royal Mail liner "Manuel Arnua" Avro "Buffalo" are other types of was Mrs. John Quincy Adams, wife aircraft in which the, Series XI. of Major John Quincy Adams, a Napier is the power unit.

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NEW TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.

FUEL ECONOMY,

Motor trucks, no matter in what A new type aero engine has just

class of service they are being used, been produced and tested by the

must prove themselves economical Napier Company. This ongize is

in the full sense of the work

The owner of a passenger auto- development of the Sarice V Napier,

marine officer now atationed at mobile seeks comfort, pleasure, and which has been so successful not

Sho

are the WAB.ac-satisfaction, and these The following is a brief specifica. Guantanamo, Cuba. only with the Royal Air Force and

companied by Mrs. Charles Bas- things for which he is willing to Imperial Airways, but with the Airtion of this latest Napler:-

Number of Cylinders Twelve.kin of Montreal and Miss Iola pay. The owner of a motor truck, Arrangement Three blocks of Plaxton of Toronto. Miss Plaxton on the contrary, is not looking for foar cylinders each, one vertical, is a daughter of Charles Plaxton, comfort, for pleasure nor for the King's Counsellor of Toronto, and same type of satisfaction as the was formerly a writer for "Tho owner of a passenger automobile. London Sunday Exproes,"

He is seeking efficient transporta- The threo

have with tion. The wardstick by which he them

Forces of countries in all parts of the world.

Stroke.-5 In..

Horse-power. Normal rating: 630 B.H.P. at 2,860 r.p.m. Power

r.p.m.

The engine embodies many im-two at 60 deg.

Bore.---5% In.. provements which are a result of the experiance gained with the famous Racing Napier engine. For exam- ple, among the differences in the Series XI. engine is the Atling of the carburetters at the rear of the engine, where they are more or less masked by the cylinders. This im- proves the streamlining of tho en- gine and facilitates its installation

in aircraft.

The main Improvement in the engine, however, Is the increase in power obtained. With a compres sion ratio of 6 to 1 this engine, at 2,350 r.p.m., develops $30 h.p. whilst its power at maximum speed, viz., 2,585 r.p.in., is 070 h.p., giving a weight per horse-power of under

134 lb.

It has successfully passed the Air Ministry 100-hour type test. This strenuous test included ten non-stop periods of 10 hours' dura- tion each at 2,350 r.p.m. at an aver- 4ge E.H.P. of 477. The engine was then opened up to 2,715 r.p.m. and was run for one hour at this speed.

A further hour at 2,585 r.p.m. was run at full throttle, the engine developing B.H.P.

approximately

women

Weight of Engine. Approxi- hope to return mately 995 lb. complete with air for the Seville screw boss, reduction gear, hand-September, starting gear loss magneto.

a touring car, and said measures the value of the truck be at max. speed: 570 B.H.P. at 2,585 that they will try to motor from has purchased is the amount of ton- Cadiz to Bagdad and back. They mileage he gets from his truck per to Spain in time gallon of gasoline used. Economy, Exposition in therefore, is just about the essence They expect to cover of motor truck value.

Cadiz to Paris. Weight per Horse-power.-On

Miss Plaxton, who acted as rated power, 1.679 lb. On average! power at maximum speed, 1.745 lb. spokesman for the party said that Length Overall to Centre of Air-their plans had not been complet screw-5 ft. 3 in. approx.

Width Overall, 8 ft. 6

approx.

Height Overall, 3 ft. 3 approx.

at least 12,000 miles.

in. taining maps in this country.

in.

of

Oil Consumption. Average consumption, .0285 lb. per B.H.P.

hour.

Fuel Consumption-Average fuel consumption at full load, 50 lb. per

B.H.P. hour.

There is no other engine in the world which has so consistently proved its high efficiency together

latest addition to the Napier family,

The two-range transmission, which ia one of the principal features of the General Motors heavy duty trucks, is so direct a contribution to motor truck efficiency and fuel

ed owing to the difficulty of ob-economy that we are sura a descrip-

tion of it will interest our readers.

Two-Range.

"We will go from Cadiz to Paris and there we will make definite plans" she said. "We anticipate

Briefly, the G.M.C. two-range no difficulties, however, Mrs. Adams, transmission is simply a gear box who was born in Smyrna, has spent which provides two separate sets of a great deal of time in the Far rations for the four forward and one East, and one of the reasons for her reverse speeds. There are, accord- making the trip is to see old friends. Ingly, ning speeds in all which the We have credentials from both the General Motors truck operator may American and Canadian State De. use, fourth speed on both ranges

being, identical in ratio, partments."

"We expect to carry camping

protection," she said.

The mechanical construction of with reliability as has the Napier equipment and also revolvers for the GMC two-range gear box is "We pur- extremely simple. Change from high Lion, and the success Ho far achieved with the Series XI. engine chased guns but they were stolen to low range or vice versa is made augurs well for the future of this from our car when it was parked by a lever which throws into mesh mesh gears, thus giving the coun- in front of a restaurant on Mac- one of the two-pairs of constant dougal Street." In a parade of cars that were on

Miss Plaxton said that they, tershaft two different speeds! There 573 view at the recent British Trade had no fear of bandits, as both are only five more major parts in

Exhibition in Melbourne the largest she and Mrs. Adams had been in the two-range representation of one type was a the Near East and realized that stories regarding them were greatly fleet of 12 Armstrong Siddeleys,

In heavy going-in mud, sand, exaggerated. She said that Mrs.

poorly-surfaced roads, or Adams was an expert mechanic over and that they expected to do their through an unusually hilly country She said that-the operator changes to the low own repair work they expected to meet Mrs. Adama's range of the transmission. Thirty mother in Constantinople.

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tranmission than there are in the usual type of gear

box.

per cent additional pulling power at ence is given the truck, and un- der these conditions, on any one of the different speeds included in the low range, the truck will outpull trucks of similar capacity fitted with transmissions of the usual

DEALING WITH FACTS AND one-range kind.

OPINIONS.

On smooth, level highways, the high range of the GMC transmis- The vast amount of research sion is used. So much pulling power work and testing that goes on is not necessary here and on any behind the scenes of the auto- of the speeds Included in the high mobile industry is interestingly range the GMC, engine turns over revealed in a new motion picture slower, with constantly less fuel film, "Separating Facts from consumption, than is the case with Opinions, produced in the trucks which have conventional laboratories and Proving Ground transmissions. of the Studebaker Corporation,

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the wide range of conditions un-

der which it must give satisfac-

tory service. Cars are shown

bucking snow drifta, pulling FOR INDIAN RULER.

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broiling sun of the desert, ford- ing streams, and plunging over rutted roads and through deep mud.

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Then the action swings to the His Highness the Maharajah Atlantic City speedway, showing Kumar of Vizianagazam recently the Commander making its re-paid a special visit with some of his cord run of 25,000 miles" at an suite to the Marine Motor Works average of more than 65 miles an and Boat Building Yards of J. W. hour.

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From the speedway the film takes one through the research object of the visit being to place an order for a fast 35-foot motor launch laboratories, showing every aspect of the development and to be used chiefly for sporting pur- testing work. that goes. on inces- poses on his Ganges Estate bas The boat is to be a beautifully santly. There are scenes in the "cold room," with mechanics test-anished V bottom launch, construct- ing a motor at 20 below zero oned throughout of Burma-teak, with a hot July day, and. views of a a well-fitted cabin salons aft, the car travelling 70 miles an hour on top of which is to be removable to the spinning rollers of the chassis, allow for negotiating low bridges. dynamometer while engineers To afford protection from the bun'a record details of performance.. canopy will be fitted along the entire One of the most interesting la- length of the boat, whilst for the boratory scenes shows how en- comfort of passangers who may not gineers study the action of mov-wish to use the saloon comfortable ing parts through the use of the armchair seats will be provided. " stroborama,, which flashes an in- The driver, sitting Immediately tense light on the part in motion. forward of the cabin will have au By synchronising the speed of accessibly placed car type wheel and the flashing light with the speed controls, and the machinery is to of the object, the latter appears consist of one of the new Brooke to stand still. A fan rotating at 100 hp. OHV, six-cylinder,marine 3,000 revolutions per minute is engines capable of giving the opat a thus made apparently to stand speed of approximately 20 m.p.h

still before the camera,

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will doubtless serve to further

the film moves to Studebaker's hance the reputation Ow Proving Ground-the 800-acre

"outdoor laboratory" where rigid British manuf fests are performed: Cars are perior workmanship

seen speeding around the three-

mile speed bowl, Jolting over the

rough trall roads, and splashing

through the bath tub test

Instruments are shown in ascertain operation to record the amount varying

of foot pressure required to oper adjustments and

ate clutch and brake pedals; to steering effort:

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