AVAM 3310 engine parts || 100% Detailed Answers.
Which engine part converts the reciprocating motion of the pistons into rotational motion?
correct answers Crankshaft
What opens the valves? correct answers Camshaft lobes
What closes the valves? correct answers 2 springs - prevent valve surge / float
What material is the cylinder barrel made of? correct answers steel
What material is the cylinder head made of? correct answers cast aluminum
How are the heads attached to the barrels? correct answers threaded
What is an "interference fit"? correct answers very close tolerance
How are the valve seats installed into the cylinder heads? correct answers press in interference fit
What process (casting, forging, machining) is used to make the cylinder heads? correct answers
cast then machined
Why does Lycoming manufacture exhaust valves with sodium in a chamber built into the valve
stem? correct answers more effective heat transfer
What is the difference between a mushroom, tulip, or flat poppet valve? correct answers shape or
the combustion surface
, Where on the piston are the compression rings located? correct answers top grooves
Why does the groove for the oil control ring have holes drilled at its base? correct answers
excess oil return
How is the thickness of the oil film on the cylinder walls controlled? correct answers oil control
ring - dove tail shape
What ring is located at the bottom of the piston? correct answers scraper
Why is the piston-to-cylinder gap so large? correct answers thermal expansion
Do single row radial engines have an odd number or an even number of cylinders? correct
answers odd
How many master rods does a 9 cylinder radial engine have? How many would an 18 cylinder
engine need? correct answers 1, 2
How many articulating rods does a 9 cylinder radial engine have? How many would an 18
cylinder engine need correct answers 8, 16
What does a radial engine use instead of a camshaft to open the valves? correct answers cam ring
- compensated for eliptical motion
What type of valves are used on aircraft engines? correct answers poppet
What shapes can the valve heads be? correct answers flat, mushroom, tulip, semi-tulip
How are the valves held in the cylinder heads? correct answers split key
Which engine part converts the reciprocating motion of the pistons into rotational motion?
correct answers Crankshaft
What opens the valves? correct answers Camshaft lobes
What closes the valves? correct answers 2 springs - prevent valve surge / float
What material is the cylinder barrel made of? correct answers steel
What material is the cylinder head made of? correct answers cast aluminum
How are the heads attached to the barrels? correct answers threaded
What is an "interference fit"? correct answers very close tolerance
How are the valve seats installed into the cylinder heads? correct answers press in interference fit
What process (casting, forging, machining) is used to make the cylinder heads? correct answers
cast then machined
Why does Lycoming manufacture exhaust valves with sodium in a chamber built into the valve
stem? correct answers more effective heat transfer
What is the difference between a mushroom, tulip, or flat poppet valve? correct answers shape or
the combustion surface
, Where on the piston are the compression rings located? correct answers top grooves
Why does the groove for the oil control ring have holes drilled at its base? correct answers
excess oil return
How is the thickness of the oil film on the cylinder walls controlled? correct answers oil control
ring - dove tail shape
What ring is located at the bottom of the piston? correct answers scraper
Why is the piston-to-cylinder gap so large? correct answers thermal expansion
Do single row radial engines have an odd number or an even number of cylinders? correct
answers odd
How many master rods does a 9 cylinder radial engine have? How many would an 18 cylinder
engine need? correct answers 1, 2
How many articulating rods does a 9 cylinder radial engine have? How many would an 18
cylinder engine need correct answers 8, 16
What does a radial engine use instead of a camshaft to open the valves? correct answers cam ring
- compensated for eliptical motion
What type of valves are used on aircraft engines? correct answers poppet
What shapes can the valve heads be? correct answers flat, mushroom, tulip, semi-tulip
How are the valves held in the cylinder heads? correct answers split key
