The old rotary engines of WWI for the most part did not have a throttle. You
just put the gas to it or shut the gas off and on to throttle down. It was full
throttle or nothing. Not sure about the thinking on this, but may have
something
to do with reliability. As easy as machinery broke in those days, a throttle
was
one more thing to break and you had no parachutes in WWI airplanes.
Mike MacLean Supercharged 60 Sprite
Bill Hunt wrote:
> Here's a picture of one of those "radial rotaries", a Gnome. Really
> remarkable piece but didn't get a chance to hear one in action.
>
> http://www.herbytoys.com/Vaca_Images/gnome.jpg
>
> Herby
> 64 MK II Sprite - HRBYTOY (under construction/de-construction)
> 62 MK II Sprite - HRBYTOY2? (My new driver)
> billh@aaai.com
> www.herbytoys.com
>
>
> >>>> Some engines even have the crank stationary
> and the cylinders whirl around...oh it's grand.<<<
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