AIR COOLING COMING

NZ Truth, Issue 1213, 28 February 1929, Page 19

AIR COOLING COMING

Encouragement From British War Office TYPE MAY BEJJSED BY ARMY The encouragement extended by the British War Office to the production of air-cooled engines has given considerable impetus to experiments with that type of machine. SO far only four air-cooled cars are jackets to crack m heavy frost, m production, the Franklin m The one disadvantage m manufacAmerica, the A.B.C. m England, turing an air-cooled engine is the the S.A.R.A. m France, and one m necessity for incorporating a blower, Germany. • and a silent one at that. ■ ■ The British War Office has adopted Against this there are the advan-

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniHiii!iiiiiii;vi air-cooled engines for the military tanks, and probably will use the same type of engine for the whole of the army. The success of the air-cooled engine m the confined .atmosphere of the tanks has proved an almost startling surprise, and has shown beyond argument that the air-cooled unit is dependable under every variety of climatic condition. Climbing steep hills m low gear does not affect an air-cooled engine at all, even m a warm climate. When it comes to a very cold climate the air-cooled machine has the very important advantage that there is no radiator to freeze and burst, nor water

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiuiii!iiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiimiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!i tages of a cheaper cylinder casting and lighter weight, while the radiator, supplied to give a car a conventional appearance, is only a cheaply constructed dummy. It is interesting to note that plans were once formulated for the production of an air-cooled Chevrolet, but for some reason not made public the scheme was not proceeded with. There is good ground for believing, however, that before the year is out, air cooling will be much more to the front than it is now, and that it is only ' a matter of two or three years before "air-cooled cars will be made by mass i production methods.