Fw190D Engine Runs

Fw190D Engine Runs

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[1uptospeed]

man that luftwaffe ground crew must have some popeye arms!

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[FiveCentsPlease]

The inertial starter, which energizes a flywheel to engage a starter gear. This can be done by hand as seen here for rough field conditions, or electrically with an external power source such as a start cart. Direct starters and batteries were heavy, so inertia starters saved weight. Some Allied aircraft used them as well.

[mtx001]

They're lucky that that looked like it had a clutch to handle hydraulic locks for the first several attempts, otherwise they probably have some slightly bent articulating rods...

[mrpassenger74]

ALARMSTART!! ;-)

[TheLoader69]

they dit ;)

[ex59neo53]

Just 2 guys who thought "Hey ,could be a funny way to go training for our next iron arm contest !" :)

[seanyboyo1969]

after said German troops had been fighting a war on 2 fronts for 4 years, suffered massive casualties where on reduced rations deprived of adequate amounts of ammunition, so gloat all you want ,i think the fact that French British/common wealth & Russians had been throwing themselves at the Germans for that 4 years & wearing them down may have had something to do with the few American victories in 1918,(& the British,French forces where having similar victories at that very same time!)

[ajjs02]

They need to extend the length of the crank handle... ^_^

[Robert Kurzwernhart]

at the very beginning of this video you see a man in a white shirt and tie . He was an Austrian flying FW 190s in the Luftwaffe with 18 confirmed victories .

He passed away two years ago and enjoyed doing aerobatic displays in his sailplane at air shows all over Canada and the USA . He was a country man friend of mine and we miss him in the gliding movement . May he rest in peace !

[daniel1982641]

way better than sex itself LOL xD

[FiveCentsPlease]

BTW, the Dora above was restored to "airworthy" condition and restored again just a few years ago, but is considered too rare to risk for flight since it is the only surviving D-13 example.