The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-11-01
LIBERTY MOTOR IS
GREAT SUCCESS IN
EXPERTS OPINION

san Francisco. uyt The Lib.
crt, motor has uEi., N upp.aunco
iu great quantities Dr. ..rttuly 20
h.p success especially 'n. u|uautity
production. ITS the ,,cHru.' .ui motor
over hero
Corporal la,k Irvine DE- expert
-mcchauiciau iu the Emitted -ttt"- Aero
corps and SON uI j g.. IRVINE Of san
Francisco. noted air pilot tuI official
representative ut thp Aero club OF
America here $50 ~lIrs up Americas
most important Coutrthdtiuu q" Aerial
fighting force. corporal irvine has
been engaged lu uu England technical
camp iu putting tho new motor into
tinul shape for chasing the huns.
Ia his letter passed los tho British
ccusurs, Corporal Irvine gives some
interesting points uu the motor lie
says iu part.
70 haven't hcou Boa the air lptcly as
the Liberty machine has made ITS
u]ppoarIuc, boo great ouuutitic- aud
! Va been kept busy tuning them aud
making q few changes ON the bcNcl
cam shaft drive goar.. These gears
10 seems are q uttlc ljrht &C. stand the
strain The correction will hr made
1910 tho ones tu follow imagine
Tho relief valve which controls
the oil pressure b. lu rather hurd or
dttficuit place to get ut
The on must first Toe drained from
The tank and stump cover removed be-
fore the alteration can be made We
drop the pressure from ~ pounds to
about 20 a. the oil gets by the pistous
to III" plugs \ ~urapcr rims on the
pistous would eliminate this trouble
with the pressure sim at so.
otherwise the Liberty rs certainly
"a big success especially M quantity
production II is the cleaucst cut no.
tor I'VE here
Its weigh, H sos pounds and
horsepower $50 az 1900 revolutions
per minute. Petrol consumption 80
gallons per hour and oil one and one.
half gallon per hour.
we use the Liberty iu types of wa
chimes, the u, Htyilaud four aud the
De Hnvilaud ten The states are
building these types OF Cut.rse, you
know that IL is impossible for mr to
w-it" Of the weight uf bombs carried
etc
"Dur squadron boys uow wear the
gold bar ON their sleeve, -iN MONTH
foreign service. W" were among IN"
first tUu,uuU over. The later men will
got "a silver bar ~ present am at
tending @ technical school ~ WondoN-
having been elected with three 9TH
NN 1NNNNNN NNNN '|N'hN 1907 NN'fNNN 'NN'
courses. This opportunity i7 given out
through h~eadpunrtcr~ AT London from
the squadron daily reports. We have
been here one week ana | am sure IN
favor Of the idea. Every known mo
tor il disscCtcd here and q technical
course on CHrhutatiuu ignition, CON
structiun ana ucsigu given NO doubt
we Will finish with the work iu a
month, Will take ~ the hisponu Suiza
and M"uuoSuupUpu rotary h has II
othrr types ot rotuttc~.
III YOU remember I had quite a fine
opportunity to get the proper work
inss OF the Rolls Royce when | visited
the Wutka at Derby through the hos
pitality of the representative, Mr., Ar
cher. ,Thc Rolls. Royce is one ~ the
cOstlicst motors made In Europe FOR
pleasure cars1
Here at Weudover there are about
roo Nanks attending school ana "a
large number OF ToWmics. It's quite
an interesting place being part OF
Lord Ruthschild's estate and the camp
where Lord kitChcucr's 'toutompti-
hles were raised Ns "a side attraction
our fricud Bill P"uu's grave rs a few
kilos away
Last night We hi>rd over "a Tling,
an interesting little hamlet Thc
houses. streets aud stores are $40 4uaO
in these villages hat "a fo'low feels
pretty big many of The streets are no
moro than ten feet wid
Last SUNDAY We visited the old
town Of AUGSBURG. Had To dine At
three restaurants before getting filled
an. Tho small villages ave What / Ike
to visit. The lttl" brick houses aud