Posted By: LLv34_Doc_1
you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound !
Posted By: Col. Gibbon
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/28/08 05:43 PM
Well Doc, I now know why the German's lost the war. They could never start their engines! 
Posted By: Skylark
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/30/08 04:31 PM
Man, that was so painful to watch.
Surely, the Luftwaffe Fw190Ds had self-starters.
Could this be the reason why so many were caugh on the ground.
Any Luftwaffe experts, out there, want to clarify this impression?
Surely, the Luftwaffe Fw190Ds had self-starters.
Could this be the reason why so many were caugh on the ground.
Any Luftwaffe experts, out there, want to clarify this impression?
Posted By: Weird_Crapolla
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/30/08 06:40 PM
Hi,
In his "operational" configuration .. this engine was equiped with a starter (see the "starter generator" in the drawing... and the pic)
The FW 190 was a very advanced fighter plane for the era and was fully equiped of sophisticated electrical systems (his cockpit panel and equipement prefigure already the jet age panels)
Only when Americans use it (maybe they had not find the right button .. the panel is sophisticated !!)
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In his "operational" configuration .. this engine was equiped with a starter (see the "starter generator" in the drawing... and the pic)
The FW 190 was a very advanced fighter plane for the era and was fully equiped of sophisticated electrical systems (his cockpit panel and equipement prefigure already the jet age panels)
Quote:
Could this be the reason why so many were caugh on the ground.
Only when Americans use it (maybe they had not find the right button .. the panel is sophisticated !!)
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Posted By: Fran_Zee
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/30/08 07:11 PM
Afaik the engine starts were made without the "Kommandogerät", a small "computer" which adjusted the engine´s settings for optimal operation. Some of the sophisticated equipment WC is talking about...
Posted By: Stratos
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/30/08 08:11 PM
Those very late Fw190 are gorgeous, sure they can put a bloody fight in the correct hands even for pilots like Clostermann 
Posted By: Col. Gibbon
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/30/08 09:11 PM
OK, here's a silly question then. 
Why were those berks winding the engine up by hand?
Why were those berks winding the engine up by hand?
Posted By: Weird_Crapolla
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/30/08 09:20 PM
Hi,
Already answered .. they don't find the bloody push button or it's a fake FW190D made in USA (not China this one ...)
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Why were those berks winding the engine up by hand?
Already answered .. they don't find the bloody push button
or it's a fake FW190D made in USA (not China this one ...)OFF
Posted By: iron mike
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/30/08 10:40 PM
Hey, that's not a nice thing to say about Chinese manufacture. If it was made there the winder would snap, the motor fall off, and then the factory manager shot... 
Posted By: Col. Gibbon
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/30/08 10:47 PM
Not to mention the toxic paint.
Posted By: 453Raafspitty
Re: you Tube: Fw 190D-13 engine start with nice and unique sound ! - 10/31/08 05:32 AM
Oh ye of lttle faith..Most german planes had an inertia start as a backup if electrical power wasn,t available.Operation is easy...Keep winding over the "Real heavy" flywheel then to start ignition just drop the clutch.Same if your push starting a car..Same operation.
Spitfires had the Coffman starters or electrical start but behind the pilots seat on the Frame 11 bracing was a starting handle to be used by ground crew if needed..
Spitfires had the Coffman starters or electrical start but behind the pilots seat on the Frame 11 bracing was a starting handle to be used by ground crew if needed..