Merlin negative G cutout too quick?

Originally Posted by Deadstick

@Viper 2000, I am both amused and horrified. Thank you for the post.

+1

Viper, you need to get out more mate, think about all the hot birds you could have met at uni whilst the code was running

on a serious note, yes, your calculations are somewhat interesting (if I can suggest something, try and keep it simpler..), but not conclusive

two things though:

a) don't take Reno Racers into account, those folks really have more money than sense and 1) have custom built cylinder cases, pistons, piston rods, valves and modified superchargers (their special mixtures+the very low altitude means that the mixture gets VERY hot, and the intercooler of the two stages supercharger can struggle to keep things to the right temperature - the rule of thumb with Reno Racers is "don't believe in what they say, they play a lot on the "secrecy" thing..") 2) run on "special" fuels. It's fascinating but somehow appalling to see them do what they do with those machines..

b) not always warbirds owners fly their own planes. And when you're a pilot who's flying a £2mln warbird that doesn't actually belong to you, you might get a tad too jolly on it.. another important thing to take into account for modern warbirds is that most of the heavy stuff (old radios/batteries, central fuel tank, armour, ammunition and armament) is gone, a slimming process that makes the thing sensibly better in terms of perfomance.