Title :
Aircraft-Engine Torque Instruments
Author :
Godsey, F.W., Jr. ; Langer, B.F.
Author_Institution :
Engineering manager, aviation department, new-products division, Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, East Pittsburgh, Pa.
Abstract :
Flight-operations experience has shown that significant improvements in fuel economy may be obtained through the use of aircraft-engine torque instruments as regular flight instruments. This paper describes the better-known types of torque instruments and introduces a new type that has recently come through its development stage.
Keywords :
Aircraft propulsion; Airplanes; Electric resistance; Engines; Extraterrestrial measurements; Gears; Instruments; Shafts; Strain measurement; Torque measurement;
Journal_Title :
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Transactions of the
DOI :
10.1109/T-AIEE.1944.5059003
