R-1340 radial engine start - Mayocraft P-26 aircraft

[WhallonJesse]

It's a classic. Nuff said.

[ROTAX129]

it is actually a quite ugly design if i'm honest

[RarePlanesDotCom]

Smile..it is all in the eye of the beholder...designs for military appropriations or competitions generally do not include beauty as a metric...in fact ugliness might be construed as an advantage in a weapon...

[RarePlanesDotCom]

The "bright" color scheme was the regalia of 1st. Pursuit Group, 94th. Squadron, Selfried Field, Michigan, circa 1935-1936. Retractible gear technology was available in 1931, but the extra weight precluded it for high performance military use until larger more powerful engines were developed to compensate. One of the first of these the Wright R-1820 was planned to be used in the I-16 (actually flown with a Bristol Jupiter licensed/variant)

[buidseach]

How does it compare to the russian i-16 which is a similar size and did they ever do a retractable landing gear version ?

[MrJp990]

Sweet music from that Pratt and Whitney R-1340-7!!!!

[Hardcorediver44]

Wow, I didnt think any of those planes were left. Thanks for sharing.

[Ezza190]

does that P-26 fly?

[33049156]

this plane kind of circus.

[justforever96]

@33049156 Hey, maybe it's "circus", but that's an honest-to-god period paint scheme for a USAAC Peashooter. The military sure has changed a lot. Personally, I can't quite understand the point of modern "lo-vis" markings when most combat takes place via radar at 20-80 miles! I mean, sure, don't paint your F-16 bright orange, but I liked the old colored insignia and squadron markings from the 60's and 70's. They don't make you THAT visible! At least wait until wartime to paint them over. =(

[curtisshawk]

Love the way the tail comes up and the pilot puts the "stick" in his gut at the same time!!!

[megatwingo]

5*****

[yakovlev3a]

p-26 remids me of geebee...... i wonder if there is a relation

[steviebboy69]

probably starting the engine is more fun.

love the sound of it.

[RobertGary1]

Actually, the running sounds awesome but the starting is very modern. The original starter for a P&W radial had to be energized so it made a whining sound for a bit before you hit the mesh button and start the prop turning. It sounds beautiful to me.

[justforever96]

@RobertGary1 - Do you know about old plane starters? You say this originally had to spin up first and then engine the engine? Is that an inertia starter? Did they spin up the flywheel with an electric motor, or a hand crank, or a cartridge starter, or what? I've been trying to find a video that has an ORIGINAL style engine start. Seems to me that they don't exist at ALL any more...no shotgun starters, no crank starters, no hand starts...just modern, stupid electric starters! XO

[RobertGary1]

@justforever96 Older airplanes originally had starters that had to be electrically engergized. The starter would make a whining noise until the charge was built up. Then you hit the sync switch to engage the starter to the engine and the engine would then slowly turn. Once you had a couple blades turned you turn on the mags and the engine would cough itself awake.

[MsTickerman]

@justforever96 There's inertia starter in action,try Radial Engine Start in Harrisburg Illinois there's still plenty out there. That one is being energized with an electric motor, but it can be done using the crank fitting on the side. Hard work, but it'll prove you don't need a medical to go fly it!!

[justforever96]

@MsTickerman Thanks. I'll check it out. I don't suppose you've seen any videos of shotgun starters in action, have you? Those are the ones I really want to see. I have a feeling that the scenes in the new and old Flight of the Phoenix leave a bit to be desired in accuracy...I've never seen a radial that keeps spinning for twenty seconds under no power, not even in low-compression engines! I think they just used a free-spinning prop and pretended it was attached to an engine.

[Alexvideoclip]

What's more fun, fly the airplane or start the engine ?

[wheelingdude12]

I'd say combo of the 2, starting it, and flying the plane

[joness105639]

wow, I love it. Anyone working on a sparrowhawk replica?

[JonJon95GT]

Music.  I love radial noise.

[IIIIY0UTUBEIIIIIIIII]

no me monto en esa avioneta como suena ese motor ni de coña

[Triple88a]

sounds like misfire. Cool though :)

[TopGun11980]

I Love the Optical Illiusion it Looks like the propeller stops and turns in the oposite direction after start up. Why does this look this Way?

[saab99LE1975]

I have heard that it's something with pictures by seconds. Wheels on cars can go backwards on film, but i never seen it in real life.

[mqbitsko]

Movie cameras, including digital ones, actually put together a rapid series of still photos. If the rpm of the prop matches the frame rate of the camera the prop looks like it stops completely. Slightly slower prop looks like "backwards". There is a helicopter vid out there with the rates matched and it looks like the chopper is floating around without the rotor turning.

[steviebboy69]

thats like if you get a strobe light and point it at a ceiling fan , it can be made to look like its stopped or going backwards slightly or forwards.

or the 4 bladed fan has 8 or 16 blades well i have seen that , not sure why.

[greenmetal1]

It's called the stroboscopic effect.

[blountation]

that is an absoloutly stunning machine

[cajunhornet60]

A GREAT little fighter!!

[chickcurry]

my uncle flew one down in Fort Worth TX in 1932 while attending Dallas Aviation School 'DAS'

[rednecksinspace]

No wonder I love radial engines...

[MuerteQuerida]

Nothing like a Pratt & Whitney startup

[mctim64]

Love the sound! Starter too!

[cessna175]

Lets see it fly! I bet she looks and sounds great

[Fritztoons]

Thank you! I love that plane! Very nice!

[emforty2]

beautiful airplane