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Dick wrote:
> Was talking with some WW2 guys who remembered the use of 10 gauge shotgun
> shells to start an aircraft engine. I have seen several movies showing
> something but my question is how did it work? shell in seperate cylinder
> from pistons and how push crank over, etc??
Its called a Kauffmann (sp?) starter. The blast turns a turbine thats
geared in to the crankshaft somehow. See the movie Flight of the
Phoenix... the original w/ Jimmy Stuart, not the gawd-aweful remake.
Harry
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Re: Shotgun Starts
