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    A starter (also self-starter, cranking motor, or starter motor) is a device used to rotate (crank) an internal-combustion engine so as to initiate the...
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  • The Coffman engine starter (also known as a "shotgun starter") was a starting system used on many piston engines in aircraft and armored vehicles of the...
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    Victoria in Nuremberg and served as a mechanical APU-style starter for all three German jet engine designs to have made it to at least the prototype stage...
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    A starter solenoid is an electromagnet which is actuated to engage the starter motor of an internal combustion engine. It is normally attached directly...
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    A starter ring gear is a part attached to an internal combustion engine that is part of the assembly which transfers the torque from the starter motor...
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    to drive starter motors. Introduction of engine-driven generators solved the problem. Introduction of electric starter motors for aero engines increased...
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    flat-twin engine as jet engine starter motors for the Junkers Jumo 004, BMW 003 and Heinkel HeS 011 jet engines The Maytag 'Model 72' flat-twin engines— produced...
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  • internal-combustion engines Motor starter, a motor controller for large electric motors Motor soft starter Lamp starter, for fluorescent lights Glow switch starter, a...
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    starting-aid devices, when the engine is being cranked by a starter motor, and in most cases switched off when the engine has reached a defined minimum...
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    Junkers Jumo 004 (category 1940s turbojet engines)
    of the 004 was the starter, designed by the German engineer Norbert Riedel, which consisted of a 10 hp (7.5 kW) 2-stroke flat engine behind the intake...
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