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Old 08-09-2002 | 02:14 AM
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Engine balancing
Just to show how far behind we arein technology. Was looking through an old AVIATION MECHANICS SIMPLIFIED book copyright 1943 shows a Wright Cyclone 14 cyl with floating counterweights to "smooth out firing impulses" Where have we been? Any old aeromechanics care to comment?