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Sopwith Camel and Spitifre in Formation


Barry W
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Barry
it has been identified before but its still amazing.
The bit that I find most interesting is how the Camel rocks on its suspension when blipping the throttle.
You may have noticed that the pilot did not use the intermediate mag control much but blipped the engine on and off. The reason is that cutting just some cylinders means that they continuously emit an unburnt fuel vapour right in the path of the hot exhaust from the next working one.
Blipping completely off means there is only a fire risk each time the mag is switched back on!
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