Tony Bingelis on Engines [Paperback]

Tony Bingelis (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: E A A Aviation Foundation (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0940000547
• ISBN-13: 978-0940000544
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,376,733 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars excellent but not comprehensive book that covers a lot of issues relating to engines, February 27, 2010

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A. Chong "a little bit of everything" (Silicon Valley, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tony Bingelis on Engines (Paperback)

This book is by no means comprehensive, but it touches on a
number of subjects that one should be contemplating before and
during the hanging of your experimental aircraft engine.

I've mostly worked on certified planes, but everything is relevant.
He even covers a few things that should be done but sometimes aren't
on certified installations.

It's not an engineering book, but more of a best practices
manual that touches on what he's seen (Tony built somewhere
around 10 planes and was knowledgeable about a lot more).

Strong points of the Engines book are the fuel systems and exhaust
articles/chapters. He also does a good job of covering baffles.
There is an out of place chapter on making your own Aluminum fuel
tank that's good.

I've seen a lot of bad ways of doing fuel systems, and he seems to address
many of them. Almost nothing inside the engine is covered
(he's assuming that you'll buy a Lycoming/Continental/other
crate motor or overhauled.)

This book is definitely a supplement, and not an A-Z or Howto
manual. For electrical, look up Bob Nuckolls' AeroElectric.
Tony wrote at least 3 other books that I'm starting on.