09-30-2010, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by BG-09
Oleg, please look here - flames from the exhaust tubes - Spitfire - Merlin engine at P-51!
Unbelievable - this is how Spitfire have to look at engine start! Look at this feature from the start of the video.
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The stack fires in that video do not always happen. Generally it's because the engine has been over primed.
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