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Post by steve201 (deceased) on Jan 25, 2011 1:06:38 GMT 9
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Post by oswald on Jan 26, 2011 23:17:33 GMT 9
Yea that was a lot more involved than I would have thought. Thanks
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Post by Jim on Jan 27, 2011 1:38:25 GMT 9
bout the same in a P-51 but sounds better
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Post by biendhoa on Jan 27, 2011 3:58:50 GMT 9
Yep thats the way we used to do it. Try starting both engines on a B-26 one time and you will appreciate jets.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jan 27, 2011 6:31:55 GMT 9
biendhoa said:
You got that right.
The more engines the more complicated it got. And the more stuff they put on the engines made it worse.
When I came off of recips, C-47, T-6, C-82, C-119, C-45, L-20, to the F-86D, it was a snap.
No prop turning, no priming, no prop setting, no mag check, no mixture control, or any of the other things.
That's why flight engineers were invented. Got too complicated for the pilots.
Power switch on, start switch raised, RPM built up, and advance the throttle.
The main thing you had to watch for was a tailpipe overheat.
That was not a good thing.
However, no jet sounds like a prop, or set of props, as the bird takes off or makes it's round through the landing pattern.
It is music to any mechanic's ear.
Especially those of us who started out with 100 octane on our boots and engine oil under our finger nails.
Jim Too
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