Engine Components 1
The main component of an internal combustion engine (ICE)
What is a cylinder
Where the combustion of a gasoline and air mixture takes place
What is a cylinder
An engine where the cylinders rotate around a stationary crankshaft
What is a rotary engine
An engine with two sets of cylinders lying flat opposite to each other
What is a horizontally opposed engine
Commonly referred to as an ICE
What is an internal combustion engine
Attaches pistons to the crankshaft
What is the connecting rod
Operates cams that open intake and exhaust valves
What is the camshaft
An engine which has stationary cylinders and a rotating crankshaft
What is a radial engine
An engine with cylinders lined up in a row
What is an in-line engine
Cleans, cools, and lubricates the engine
What is engine oil
Is found in the cylinder and moves up and down by the exploding air and fuel mixture
What is the piston
Rotates while pistons go up and down, spinning the propeller
What is the crankshaft
The engine type used mostly before WWII
What is the rotary engine
The most common type of engine used in general aviation aircraft today
What is are horizontally opposed engines
An engine arrangement with an even number of cylinders
What is a horizontally opposed engine
Mixes fuel with air before it is delivered to cylinders, can also be called a fuel injector
What is a carburetor
Spaces apart electrical signals sent to cylinders' spark plugs to ignite fuel
What is a distributor
The numbers of cylinders found on rotary engines (even or odd)
What are odd numbers
What is an engine with the cylinder tops pointed up and the crankshaft running under the cylinders
What is an in-line engine
The largest number of cylinders found on a rotary engine during WWII
What is 13
Stores oil in the crankcase with the crankshaft
What is a wet sump
Stores oil in a tank and pumps it to the engine
What is a dry sump
Reason why rotary engines were abandoned
What are weight and (lack of) maneuverability
Aerodynamic advantage of a horizontally opposed engine's flat shape
What is reduced form drag
A happy little side effect of the flat horizontally opposed engine
What is better visibility over the nose