Cold starting a Spitfire
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Cold starting a Spitfire
Political Correctness is the language of lies, written by the corrupt , spoken by the inept!
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GeeRam
Re: Cold starting a Spitfire
Nope.....25Pdr wrote:Does it have a starting handle in case the Battery is flat?
But the Me109 did though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sz5t-m9IOE
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Re: Cold starting a Spitfire
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Andy632
Re: Cold starting a Spitfire
25Pdr wrote:Does it have a starting handle in case the Battery is flat?
I've worked on quite a few engines that had clock-work starters.
http://startwell.com/products/
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nickb834
Re: Cold starting a Spitfire
In the Army we had 40KVA generators that you used to hand wind a lever to compress a spring - then release all that tension to kick the engine over.
Some old tractors were started with shotgun cartidges..........
Some old tractors were started with shotgun cartidges..........
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charadam
Re: Cold starting a Spitfire
I have hand started a De Havilland Beaver.
It has a 9 cylinder Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine and was equipped with a flywheel actuated emergency starter that you wound up to speed with a foot-long crank handle. The pilot then hit the button.
I was so knackered I nearly fell into the prop when it finally started.
It has a 9 cylinder Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engine and was equipped with a flywheel actuated emergency starter that you wound up to speed with a foot-long crank handle. The pilot then hit the button.
I was so knackered I nearly fell into the prop when it finally started.
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Re: Cold starting a Spitfire
When the Germans found difficulties in starting engines on the Russian winter front
they came up with the novel idea of "lets start a fire under it."
Suppose the idea was the liquefy the frozen oils and allow easier turnover.
As most of there kit was petrol driven wonder how they did this without blowing things up !
they came up with the novel idea of "lets start a fire under it."
Suppose the idea was the liquefy the frozen oils and allow easier turnover.
As most of there kit was petrol driven wonder how they did this without blowing things up !
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