Mayf, you be absolute right - and the engine was so powerful during the start
that it sometimes happends that the plane was turn to the side (upside down) -
was very scary for a unexperience pilot during the start, once in the air it
was great to fly - we still got some here in Germany and in England in the air
- great to see them flying - but horroble loud and smeling (smoke & fume), oops.
See ya
Pork Pie
"DrMayf" <drmayf@teknett.com> schrieb:
> Whenst I was an undergrad at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the aero department
> had a LeRhone. We had it mounted to a trailer so we could run it. The crank
> is held stationary and the rest of the engine rotates. Now this thing is
> just plain scary when running. I think it was a nine cylinder affair and it
> was all a blur when turningover. Fuel air mix was handled through the crank
> and it attachment and it used a oil gas mix if I am not mistaken (and I
> could very well be, this has been pert near 40 years ago!). I belive this
> engine was used in the Sopwith Camel ( now there is a name for an
> airplane...). I forget the rotation direction but supposedly the aircraft
> was hard to turn one direction because of the gyro effect of all that mass
> spinning around. So they killed the engine in busts when making a turn for
> landings etc..
>
> mayf, out in Pahrump
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