Did not know this was even possible. Now you can throw away that pesky power cart.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvHXBG-UrfI[/youtube]
Hand cranking a T-6....
Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
Didn't they also have a guinea pig in a rolling wheel activating a tiny generator ?
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
Interesting find. What I don't get is the brush spring release handle. Is this related to the electrical starter? And where are the guys in the video doing this?
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
Yes, it appears there is a way to release the commutator brushes from being pressed against slip surface.Piper_EEWL wrote:What I don't get is the brush spring release handle. Is this related to the electrical starter?
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
Hi guys,
Thanks for the additional information. Yes I figured it's to move the brushes away form their sliding surface because when hand cranked the started would act as a generator and put an additional load on the person cranking correct?
Interesting stuff
Thanks for the additional information. Yes I figured it's to move the brushes away form their sliding surface because when hand cranked the started would act as a generator and put an additional load on the person cranking correct?
Interesting stuff
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
Quiet interesting seeing that done watching the momentum build , that was something from the past , my old had a Chev, that also had a hand crank.
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
Even the Merlin-engined P-51 Mustangs could be started that way - up until mid P-51D-15-NA production, a starter crank was provided/mounted in the right/starboard landing gear wheel well on P-51B/C/D Mustangs, with the starter crank lug positioned on the starboard-side cowl (usually covered-over with a plug).
One of the local Stearmans based near me (owned by Paul Ehlen), which happens to be perhaps the most authentically-restored WWII Stearman flying today (and was flown by George Bush Sr. during primary flight training in Minneapolis during WWII), is so authentic to original spec that it can only be started using the hand crank, as per original. There are several great videos on Youtube of the Planes of Fame Air Museum's original P-26 Peashooter being started with the hand crank (again, the only method available), and of course that was also the only means of starting an authentic Bf-109 - when the Bf-109G "Black 6" used to be operational in the 90's, it required a couple guys, standing on the wing, cranking away, to get it started, as it was almost purely accurate to original spec (all of the other 109's that have been flying in recent years have been modified to have an internal electrically-controlled inertia starter).
One of the local Stearmans based near me (owned by Paul Ehlen), which happens to be perhaps the most authentically-restored WWII Stearman flying today (and was flown by George Bush Sr. during primary flight training in Minneapolis during WWII), is so authentic to original spec that it can only be started using the hand crank, as per original. There are several great videos on Youtube of the Planes of Fame Air Museum's original P-26 Peashooter being started with the hand crank (again, the only method available), and of course that was also the only means of starting an authentic Bf-109 - when the Bf-109G "Black 6" used to be operational in the 90's, it required a couple guys, standing on the wing, cranking away, to get it started, as it was almost purely accurate to original spec (all of the other 109's that have been flying in recent years have been modified to have an internal electrically-controlled inertia starter).
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
I have managed to get the A2A T6 to fire and start from using the hand prop function...you need to be very patient (and a bit lucky) but it is possible. Good old Accusim engine physics at work!
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The problem with trying to hand crank the T-6 is you only get one try to start the engine. Because if it doesn't catch the first time good luck trying to talk the guy into doing that a second time
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
Hehe yes that's true. Looks pretty exhausting. Maybe you'll get a second try if you offer a free rideseaniam81 wrote:The problem with trying to hand crank the T-6 is you only get one try to start the engine. Because if it doesn't catch the first time good luck trying to talk the guy into doing that a second time
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
[/quote]Piper_EEWL wrote:Because if it doesn't catch the first time good luck trying to talk the guy into doing that a second time
https://youtu.be/uf7nyTdwsHU?t=5m13s
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Re: Hand cranking a T-6....
Oh boy. I'm sure the guys cranking were like: "what the ****!!"
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