I know this guy personally and he is far from an idiot! He is the best crew chief I've seen. The crew chief is looking for flames and oil/ fuel leaks on start up as drmuelr said. He is not as close to the props as he seems. I am also a crew chief and do this. All part of flying a WWII bomber.
I love planes but theres no way I'd stand that close to a ruddy great propeller with a big fat engine driving it and then walk so close to the tips at the side too. That bloke's over confident, familiarity breeds contempt it would really suck if he got shredded specially in front of all those people. Very scary watching him!
@corrolux You get used to it. After a while, you're more concerned if there are flames or oil coming out of the engine than anything. Take if from a Crew Chief. ;)
@barmtrail I'm afraid not...and that sucks. 100LL is still available, but even that's supposed to go away. Can't imagine what they'll run these airplanes on when even the 100LL is gone.
I have the Franklin Armour 1:48 scale model of Hell's Fire, which belonged to the same 345th BG, 5th Air Force, and which was lost in combat on September 2, 1944 in New Guinea. A superbly made aircraft.
What a magnificant plane. I love the sounds of these engines. I had the opportunity to see a start up myself here in the Netherlands and it really gave me goosebumps...
@apofus - Usually has to do with which engine runs the generator which powers the main bus. That puts less strain on the battery for starting, as it's only used to start one engine. Probably standardized this on #2 engine later in the industry.
@p0pc0rn42 ok first off a deltabtry said its piston u cant just cant throttle up beause oil is thick when it is cold so if u force thick oil through small oil lines u run the risk of blowing oil lines which is no fun to replace on these older engines
Such a beautiful plane.
Matti005 1 month ago
Guys an IDIOT!!!
ckelley63 3 months ago
@ckelley63
I know this guy personally and he is far from an idiot! He is the best crew chief I've seen. The crew chief is looking for flames and oil/ fuel leaks on start up as drmuelr said. He is not as close to the props as he seems. I am also a crew chief and do this. All part of flying a WWII bomber.
mjws6 3 months ago
@mjws6 Dosen't matter SAFETY FIRST!!! he's still close enough to fall into the prop you have to always expect the worst.
ckelley63 3 months ago
I love planes but theres no way I'd stand that close to a ruddy great propeller with a big fat engine driving it and then walk so close to the tips at the side too. That bloke's over confident, familiarity breeds contempt it would really suck if he got shredded specially in front of all those people. Very scary watching him!
corrolux 9 months ago
@corrolux You get used to it. After a while, you're more concerned if there are flames or oil coming out of the engine than anything. Take if from a Crew Chief. ;)
drmuelr 5 months ago
Kinda seems like those old radial engines were a pain to start up.
Whisperjet727 10 months ago
Is the video camera not able to capture the true rotation speed of the props?
barmtrail 1 year ago
Is there any 110 fuel anymore for these great aircraft? Or do you use the 100 that is at most air fields?
barmtrail 1 year ago
@barmtrail I'm afraid not...and that sucks. 100LL is still available, but even that's supposed to go away. Can't imagine what they'll run these airplanes on when even the 100LL is gone.
Warhorse500 1 year ago
@Warhorse500
Those old engines run on nearly everything that burns.
Ismalith 9 months ago
How loud was it THAT close?
TheHyperkid97 1 year ago
I have the Franklin Armour 1:48 scale model of Hell's Fire, which belonged to the same 345th BG, 5th Air Force, and which was lost in combat on September 2, 1944 in New Guinea. A superbly made aircraft.
billace90 1 year ago
What a magnificant plane. I love the sounds of these engines. I had the opportunity to see a start up myself here in the Netherlands and it really gave me goosebumps...
propcke 1 year ago
Strange how the start the port engine first, it is more usual to start the starboard one 1st. Dont know if there is any specific reasons ...
apofus 2 years ago
@apofus - Usually has to do with which engine runs the generator which powers the main bus. That puts less strain on the battery for starting, as it's only used to start one engine. Probably standardized this on #2 engine later in the industry.
KutWrite 1 year ago
@KutWrite I always thought they used the generator for all engine startups, to save battery level or what not for internal component use.
Learn something new everyday.
KingOfTheClutch 1 year ago
Is there any reason they sit there forever? Do they really need to warm the engines that long before taxiing?
p0pc0rn42 2 years ago
The two engines are piston driven, needs to warm up like a car, not to mention preflight check.
deltabtry 2 years ago
@p0pc0rn42 ok first off a deltabtry said its piston u cant just cant throttle up beause oil is thick when it is cold so if u force thick oil through small oil lines u run the risk of blowing oil lines which is no fun to replace on these older engines
terraformer5 1 year ago
coool !!! ^^
CUTTERbyPHOENIX 2 years ago