Turbo Engine With Fluid Transmission
Page 30
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
PRODUCTION of a new of
vehicle engine is reported from Gourock. where the Cowal Engineering Co.. Ltd., is completing the prototype of a gas-turbo-engined unit, designed by Mr. John Rhodes, of Edinburgh. The basic feature of the design of the 33 h.p. engine is a pump, driven by a gas turbo.
The pump will drive oil through special flexible hose to a hydraulic driving unit incorporated in the road wheels of the vehicle. There are no gears, clutch or differential The engine will be air cooled via the air intake and lubrication will be automatic. Other points are that the turbo engine can be produced at a quarter the cost of a normal pistontype unit, that its weight will be less than half that of such a unit, and the construction is such as to permit of easy assembly. Fuel consumption is claimed to be at the rate of 45-50 m.p.g. on paraffin.