c. 1913 Caudron G.3 flying at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome.

This is a video of the c. 1913 Caudron G.3 flying at the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome on September 20, 2008. This aircraft is powered by an 80 H.P. LeRhone rotary engine. Listen for the distinct sound of the rotary engine. Though this particular aircraft is a reproduction. A small piece of the aircraft is from an original aircraft of the same type.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Airplane
• Old
• Rhinebeck
• Aerodrome
• rotary
• engine
• LeRhone
• antique

[alterman156]

Most of the rotary engines at best had a very primitive throttle control. This was particularly true of the Gnome rotary engines. At the Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, they often have to blip the engines upon approach to give a blast of air over the tail to help keep the aircraft under control since they only have a single runway to work with.

[ledzepdude4040]

yeah because some of the planes are original, its a mirical that they run.

[qu4k3w0r1d]

To be clear, that's how you perform a controlled landing with a rotary-powered plane.

[qu4k3w0r1d]

Rotary engines have a "blip switch" which allows the pilot the briefly and instantly kill the ignition. These engines didn't have precise full-range throttles. It was basically "go" or "stop" ;)

[JAMTVEEE]

was it suposed to die out like that?