Supercharger
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SUPERCHARGER - An air pump or blower in the intake system of an internal combustion engine. Its purpose is to increase the air-charge weight and therefore the power output from an engine of a given size.
Supercharger: A device which forces a greater weight of charge into the combustion chamber of an aero-engine than would be taken in by normal induction, particularly in reduced atmospheric pressure at great heights.
SUPERCHARGER - A form of compressor, often turbine-driven, to force more fuel/air mixture into the cylinders of a piston-engine than can be induced by the pistons at ambient atmospheric pressure.
SUPERSONIC - Speed in excess of that of sound.
When your engine is not equipped with a turbo- or supercharger it will also suffer from the less dense air. Each intake stroke (which is by volume) will contain less air molecules and thus less power can be developed by the engine.
Such a system is a turbine powered supercharger, otherwise known as a turbocharger.
The intake air of an aircraft engine equipped with a supercharger is heated through compression, so the air entering the throttle body is already warmed enough that carb heat is unnecessary.
[edit] In automobiles ...
HIGH BLOWER - A blower-type supercharger set at high rpm.
HIGH-SPEED STALL - Any stall made to occur at more than 1g, such as pulling out of a dive or while turning.
Aircraft Engine: An engine that is used or intended to be used for propelling aircraft. It includes turbo superchargers, appurtenances, and accessories necessary for its functioning, but does not include propellers.
Grumman produced the prototype XF4F-2 monoplane fighter, which first flew on September 2,1937. The XF4F-3, using a later Twin Wasp engine with a two-stage supercharger first flew on February 12,1939, ...
 See also: Aircraft, Plane, Power, Speed, Flight
  
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