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The Gnome rotary engine has one speed-wide open. Plane was controlled by blipping the kill switch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq78ZocOAkY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq78ZocOAkY
Here you go.BigAl52 said:Im dissappointed. Here I thought I would see Snoopy and the Red Barron. It was cool though.
Must have been a long long time ago.RonC said:I flew in a few of the open cockpit, between war biplanes. I loved the wind through my hair.
Ron
I read someplace that the first successful air-to-air combat happened when an Eastern European (Russian or Serb) crashed his plane into the enemy plane. It didn't say whether either survived.FrontierGander said:that or jump into their plane and throw them over board.
Its funny how they used to throw bottles and other stuff at each other.
Cause of death:
Glass bottle
There is no throttle, the engine runs wide open all the time. The pilot blips the kill switch to control the aircraft.I'm sure it had to be done, but why does he have to keep feathering the throttle all the time?
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