Friday 2010-09-24 Dev. update and Discussion

[ElAurens]

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.

~Regards!

The stack fires in that video do not always happen. Generally it's because the engine has been over primed.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

The stack fires in that video do not always happen. Generally it's because the engine has been over primed.

Yeah stack fires mean the pilot stuffed up.

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

The stack fires in that video do not always happen. Generally it's because the engine has been over primed.

Yeah stack fires mean the pilot stuffed up.






Below is a Spitfire being started correctly. I shot this short clip at Williamtown airshow a few weeks back.

Note at the end of the clip the guy walking off with a fire extinguisher. He was there in case of a stack fire. The jet whistle in the background is a Sabre getting ready to taxi out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl9TbvNFsGg