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Development of Piston Aero Engines

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An excellent, in depth, study of piston aero engines. If you think you know piston engines, read this study. It'll show you how much you don't know, in detail. Well put together, from the earliest to current engines, including the no longer used hyper engines.

Another winner from the prolific Bill Gunston. This compact volume is packed with info for the piston aero engine enthusiast. The black and white production is superb, with excellent pictures and/or diagrams on almost every page. Only wish would be a hardback version!

A highly interesting book on the topic of huge aeroplane engines. Just the right amount of techical language, but very readable as well. He is just a bit cheap on info of the most famous piston engine of all, the Merlin and Rolls-Royce as a company in this field. All in all, however, an entertaining book.

A nice book, wich give technical courses without beeing too heavy.
It helps to understand the genesis of every family of engines, radial or in line. All the points of physics are introduced : thermodynamics, mechanics.
Lots of drawing are helping to understand how an engines works.
Hours of reading pleasure, in action.

A very interesting and entertaining book, but best for people who have a grounding in internal combustion motors. The book documents quite a technological journey of piston aero engines including typical human-disappointments and achievements but includes just enough interesting facts and trivia to keep the reader going....

Quite a few pictures break-up the dialogue nicely.

Johan Verhagen

The author Gunston is a great writer. I am very familiar with piston aero engines, but it is helpful to find out the reasons for so many types of engines. He quite rightly suggests that large aero engines have their favorites but none is really better than another. Each worked, at the time.

The pictures are fine, good illustrations. This book and I am sure any of his other books will advance the arts of engine propulsion.

It's a joy to read this book. Very interesting.

Anyway, I think the last chapter is superfluous.

Bill Gunston is extremely knowledgable about his subject and explains things very clearly.
As he says this is not a book that lists all aircraft engines but traces the technical development of the aircraft piston engine.
Anybody interested in engines would like this book.

Another fine offering from Bill Gunston. This author has the experience and knowledge to cover this topic well. Enough technical detail, yet easy to follow, and maintain interest.
Recommended.

If the evolution of piston engines is what you want, this is the book to have. If your into cars boats or anything with a piston this book gives you an understanding of how things came to be
in the modern piston engine. Good casual reading for the gear head. I especially like the part on oil and gasoline.