Engine Lubricant Requirements for Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPV).

Abstract

The Army is exploring the feasibility of using Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPV's) in a multi-mission role. Powerplants for these RPV's are to be small, two-stroke, air-cooled, reciprocating engines which require a fuel/oil mix for operation. As no federal or military specification lubricant exists for this application, this report details results of an analytical/experimental investigation to evaluate the suitability of existing MIL SPEC lubricant classes for Army RPV use.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA046238

Entities

People

  • H. W. Marbach Jr.
  • John A. Russell

Organizations

  • Southwest Research Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Air Cooled
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Engine Components
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Systems
  • Internal Combustion Engines
  • Lubricants
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Pistons
  • Remotely Piloted Vehicles
  • Spark Plugs
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbines

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Petroleum Engineering