The engine utilizes a 2 : 1 belt reduction drive with a centrifugal clutch to allow the propeller to stop when the engine is at idle.
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"I put a centrifugal clutch in it " so he doesn't have to shift gears . " I made my own intake manifold and cam shaft ."
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The Saxomat consisted of two independent systems, the centrifugal clutch, and the rpms by centrifugal force, acting on spinning weights inside the clutch, similar to a centrifugal governor.
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Citro�n combined a freewheel and a centrifugal clutch to make the so-called'TraffiClutch'where the car could be started, stopped and the lower gears be changed without using the clutch pedal.
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Drive was transmitted from engine to gearbox through either a centrifugal clutch or in later models via a fluid-friction coupling which enabled a solid connection at higher road speeds.
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The engine also incorporates a centrifugal clutch that allows the engine to idle without the propeller turning, which improves safety during canopy inflation and launch, as well as landing.
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But centrifugal clutches were used in railway locomotives much earlier ( before 1858 ), and referred to ( in relation to electric motors ) in a patent of 1899
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The R-3 version had further improvements including a centrifugal clutch to help shifting between forward and reverse even further, but it was never installed in any of the final cars.
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Some Pneumocyclic Titans had a centrifugal clutch instead of a fluid-coupling to the transmission; this was apparently standard on the PD2 / 26, of which none are recorded as built.
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Its light weight and modular design were such that both the engine and its rudimentary three-speed transmission with centrifugal clutch could be swapped out in about five minutes with minimal manpower.