piston engine in the PONS Dictionary

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Power was supplied by a tractor-mounted piston engine that drove a two-bladed propeller.
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The aircraft uses a piston engine, driving a coaxial-rotor system and features a tailess, sphere-shaped fuselage with four-leg leaf-spring landing gear.
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The propeller is usually attached to the crankshaft of a piston engine, either directly or through a reduction unit.
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It is, however, common for piston engine and ventilation intakes.
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It had three radiating arms, each housing a rotary piston engine.
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It retained the nose-mounted piston engine with the drive shaft passing through the cockpit placed high above the cargo compartment.
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It was a single-seat aircraft powered by a single piston engine, and was the first tiltrotor to fly.
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A small fossil fuelled piston engine sized for average power use charges the accumulator.
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It was powered by a four-cylinder piston engine driving a pusher propeller, had fixed landing gear, and a pancake-shaped data link antenna on its back.
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It was a low-wing monoplane of composite construction with a single piston engine and a tailwheel-type, retractable undercarriage.
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