Aircraft power plant with turbocharged reciprocating piston internal combustion engine

摘要

The axis of the combustion air inlet (28) for the aircraft engine turbocharger (26) is parallel to the axis of the propeller (22), and the propeller blades (42) cover the air inlet in the radial direction. The axial distance between the path of the propeller blades and an air inlet (32) in the cowl (18) enclosing the internal combustion engine (20) is small in comparison with the diameter of the turbocharger's air inlet, and is in the region of 5 centimeters.