The smoke is the oil and sometimes fuel that accumulates in the cowling, these radial engines throw out a fair bit of the stuff and the smokey start is due to inefficient combustion till the engine warms up, the smoke this one generates is nothing compared to the Lockheed Super Constellation I work on.
The smoke is the oil and sometimes fuel that accumulates in the cowling, these radial engines throw out a fair bit of the stuff and the smokey start is due to inefficient combustion till the engine warms up, the smoke this one generates is nothing compared to the Lockheed Super Constellation I work on.
stephenwx2 4 years ago 2
Glad he finally got it started....
HerkMeck 4 years ago
nice plane, but what's the smoke comming out of the cowling?
calmatosport 4 years ago
i wondered the same thing, leaky exhaust maybe?
im pretty sure this bloke would be a happy fella though, that is a beautiful bird
blountation 4 years ago 2