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Originally Posted by Chuck Dempsey
You would have to be an 'Ace', with those crazy 'rotary' engines they had. Look at the first few seconds of this YouTube, as someone spins the prop, and you'll see the entire engine spins, not the crankshaft. The shaft is bolted to the airframe, and the prop is bolted to the engine. 'Ace', indeed!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq78ZocOAkY |
This is an a amazing statement I found.
(Those engines had one speed: On. You slow it down by cutting the ignition. That's why the occasional sputtering.)