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bcline Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "Round Engines" 09-11-02, 14:27z  This will take a few people back, I think. For Old Pilots Subject: For Round Engine Pilots Only ! We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation. We need to go back to big round engines. Anybody can start a turbine, you just need to move a switch from "OFF" to "START," and then remember to move it back to "ON" after a while. Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. On some planes, the pilots aren't even allowed to DO the thing. Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a small lady-like poot and start whining louder. Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click, POW, more rattles, another POW, a big macho BANG or two, more clicks, a lot of smoke and finally a serious low pitched ROAR. And to get that roar, a pilot has to do a multitude of things: Shout CLEAR!, master ignition on, booster pump on low boost, energize right engine, prime right engine, while still holding energize switch on, engage rt engine, mag switch to both, mixture control to auto rich, set throttle for idle RPM, check oil pressure, right booster pump off, left booster on low boost. Then, do it all over again for any other engines. We like that. It's a guy thing. Starting a turbine is like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but hardly exciting. When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you can concentrate on the flight ahead. Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom, complacency and inattention. A round engine at full speed ..looks and sounds like it's going to blow at any minute. This helps concentrate the mind. Turbines don't have enough control levers to keep a pilot's attention. There's nothing to fiddle with during long flights. Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns. Round engined planes smell like God intended flying machines to smell. I think I hear the nurse coming down the hall. I gotta go. Bill Cline Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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Subject      Author      Message Date     ID      Round Engines    bcline       09-11-02              RE: Round Engines    jerryrosie       09-11-02       1         RE: Round Engines    Emile       09-11-02       2         RE: Round Engines    Ben_Chiu       09-11-02       3         RE: Round Engines    jonahbird       09-11-02       4            RE: Round Engines    bcline       09-11-02       5                 RE: Round Engines    jonahbird       09-12-02       9                      RE: Round Engines    AlanParkinson       09-14-02       12                      RE: Round Engines    Vulcan       09-15-02       13         RE: Round Engines    vgbaron       09-12-02       6            RE: Round Engines    avbug       09-12-02       7                 RE: Round Engines    bcline       09-12-02       8         RE: Round Engines    PaulCroft       09-13-02       10            RE: Round Engines    bcline       09-13-02       11

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