Interesting Engine Design

[MendoDave]

Actually - I was talking about the original rotary - as opposed to a Wakle.  The old school rotarys - the whole f'ing engine turned. Think WWI, not Mazda

edit - found a video.  Kinda scary buggers

Yea No throttle. when they came in for a landing those guys had to turn off and on the ignition. If the ignition was off a little too long and the engine died....

[Slide Panda]

Yea No throttle. when they came in for a landing those guys had to turn off and on the ignition. If the ignition was off a little too long and the engine died....

Yeah - hence the brrrr... brrr... bbb brrrrr brrr noise those planes when making a landing.  That's the sound of the poor pilot intermittently shutting the engine off to reduce the speed.  Can imagine spinning sevral hundred pounds of metal made for a fast direction change...

[A.duc.H.duc.]

That's cool, I dig it.