Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-29
AUTOS CAN USE UP
OLD PLANE MOTORS
Thousands May lie Turned over u,
tncic sam After DNs ~ Nv
ing Are Numbered
REMAIN IN GOOD CONDITION
simpl, and Ruiit for speed nc,irr
naInnvd Than Man, Others
>Ow Ia Ssr,hr.

Your Uncle Samuel may hcrom"
one ~ the LARGEST dealers Ia "ug .n'S
fot automobiles the world ever h,,A
heard ~ II hc decides 10 tam o''i
fuf reluVsuntion the tenn - thnuH
and- ~ airplanr engines which hrV"
outlivcd their usefulness rpr flSing
Already there arc many Thousands
of used engines accumulated ~
every flying field IA this country
and NJ an uf thn aviation hnSrH N"i
all ~ the Arplnun engine, shipped
to France ara demolished IN thr
course ~ war ltehding tho papers
one might he led To- holrve thni,
sooner ar later. Rll hirpancs are
smashed beyond repair or drop with
In enemy lines lilt fhr the creator
number are retired because they
have simply ceased to be effective.
When ono In told that the average
ilfo ~ nn alrplsna IL TOO hours ~
10 startling People who are prone
~ find fault because that endless
stream of lAbcrty planes IN not wins
Ing across tho Atlantic VIII plcnso
take note Of this fact
Good Tor Other Things.
i,ut the fact that an engine In no
longer of value IN = flying machine
does not siKnify that II has no u~e'
fulnc~s for other purposes In fact.
mis- may he tho solo source of sup
ply Of autorno obile engines FOR soma
time. The question naturally arises
whether the airpinne engine In suit
able for automohil. propulsion. We'll,
Il was no, designed Tor that purpo~",
and In some respects tho Ideals ~
IN. two engines are dlametrically
opposed. but II In not only feasible
to put n us-d aero motor IN an Au-
tomobile. but II already 10 being
done
Here ara sumo Of tho differences
between the two motors which
weigh for and against the suh~'i-
tuition. Tho aero engine In made
very iigh,--just ~ light as they dare
make them. and they are balanced
To a nicety, Lirhtneas h esssn,ial.
~ will be appreciated, but the bal
Ancing eliminates much Of tbc VI
bration experienced with the auto
mobile motor. The hiter rests upon
a sturdy steel frame rivctcd firmly
together and suspended on springs
and through those and rubber tires
on tho ground. The aero motor
rssts upon = hxht---almos, fragile
bed.
just as me automobile motor was
better balanced than ths stationary
Gas engine. wrioh was mounted on
. solid base. % the aero motor must
be lighter and more finely balanced
than the automobile motor Again.
ther~ n more care exercised IN
building the aero motor. II must
he perfect because II needs must be
reliable. The driver cannot got on,
on . cloud TO doctor up the aeO
motor.
the asro motor 10 nkswtss much
Simpler. In ell types except the
liberty motor they use = magnetic
Ignition. There 10 no battery iEni.
tien, or practically none. since ps
per cent use the maxnsto. A. the
last automobils show there were
only q couple OF oars equipped with
mAHnefo. They have seif-startef
systems and battery Ignition. ne
airpians engine has no self -seArtef.
Thsn the iubvicating syutem b
muoh more highly developed than In
ne automobile. though soms b,Nld.
eru are dsvotinG much attention TO
this feature lately This 10 one at
the elements Of greater sAfe,y.. II
n not moro oil that " needed, but
q positive supply under all condi-
tions.
Bullt sor ep~cd.
Theoretically. The sero motor 10
bulk for speeos 0e same - ma
siGnsd for . unife1aM Ls0o = 1900
Sevolutions per u9i me auto-
mobile motor bed for low
e, ;s is $'s,S% %i,.. 4 ''% :.s1'iiSs: 's''":
efficiency - oDo1 TO gain II
n lower uoo/6 0Po motor sao-
rificvs e )G1n paw speed.
4 unS II I slready being
r,1scl h california, and
Il h - The Hispanxo-sui-
- m6oUkB lp0bepmsnt Of an au-
tosnob1S ~ There has been
too 49, &o0r expended on the
asro u10oog % diDcard Il after tho
cream ~ ho0a taken off In flying;
we mud - ne slim milk ~ fac