DC 3/C 47 Engine Start and Runup - Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth Texas

Jim Terry's C47 Engine Start and runup prior to a flight a few days later. Watch how the plane pushes agains the chocks as they throttle her up!

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Autos & Vehicles

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• C47
• DC3
• DC3 Engine Start
• C47 Engine Start
• Vintage Flying Museum

[64jorthom]

Hi, it looks like lot of fuel comes out from engines.

[hawkeyepoole]

@64jorthom They were being primed after having been serviced. You prime them until the overflow dumps out the tube at the bottom of the cowling. That's one of the reasons there is a fire guard during startup!

[tedstriker754]

Whoever is starting it needs to learn how to do it correctly. All that over priming is so unnecessary . Plus a DC-3 isn't supposed to be started with the primer, but instead the mixture. They poured so much fuel in t the cylinders they were hydraulic locking as can be seen by the prop blades stopping during the second start attempt. And by the fuel pouring out the bottom of the intake. With a DC-3 you count six blades, turn on the mags, put the mixture up, when it fires you pull the mixture

[hawkeyepoole]

@tedstriker754 Actually, if you've done maintenance work on round engines you know that the carbs will go dry after a period of time, or when serviced. Procedure is to prime the carbs until the overflow piddles and then prime some more. It's not possible to dump fuel into the cylinders with the prime. Overflow dumps down a tube that exits below the cowling. We will count 6 to 9 blades.The 'locking' you see is the engine attempting to start with tired batteries. We ARE the experts. Come see us!

[proteeus]

Hi,nice video, i love old birds, would you tell me what camcoder you are using, please?

[hawkeyepoole]

It's a Sony HVR-Z7U professional HD camcorder. This video's original footage is 1080p. This is 720p footage here.

[TheLOLman900]

Yo i'm new and I love C-47's. Also nice video how did you get lucky enough to find this?

[GAE133]

Looove it :-)