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Is it an inertia type starter? I have never seen one but I always assumed
that it was like the air start on the M14P.
"wright1902glider" <wright1902glider@aol.com> wrote in message
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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??
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> 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.
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> Harry
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Re: Shotgun Starts
