And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Does the plane have a wet sump? If not, prolonged periods of flying other than level would prevent oil from being picked up from the bottom of the pan.
Probably not, as most all aircraft engines of that vintage had huge oil tank capacities, both radial and inline types. The Germans tended toward upside down v inline engines, so the pistons/heads were the lowest point. They often mounted a cannon between the heads in that "v" space.
Physics? We don't need no stinkin' physics.
ReplyDeleteCorrection: demonstration of rotary wing physics.
ReplyDeleteThat is bad ass cool.
ReplyDeleteNope.
ReplyDeleteThe picture is just cropped to look that way.
Look at the actual horizon.
Already pulling 5° past vertical.
Probably the best shot during a loop or half-loop, but a split second too late.
But that close? I can almost feel the pistons throbbing you only get with warbirds like that.
Does the plane have a wet sump? If not, prolonged periods of flying other than level would prevent oil from being picked up from the bottom of the pan.
ReplyDeleteSays the engineer who stays on the ground.
DeleteProbably not, as most all aircraft engines of that vintage had huge oil tank capacities, both radial and inline types. The Germans tended toward upside down v inline engines, so the pistons/heads were the lowest point. They often mounted a cannon between the heads in that "v" space.
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