Downthrottling was very important for dogfights. My grandmother watched planes on her way to school. The Nieuports always won and the brass 303's bounced off the rooves. Kids picked them up and took them to class.
I'm a girl and I get this. More oxygen = more combustion = increase is speed. Conversely, when throttling back the oxygen the combustion decreases, hence the speed. Clear as can be!
Both radial and rotary engines have the same cylinder layout, but in rotary engines the whole engine rotates (hence the name!) whereas in radial engines its just the crankshaft.
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Downthrottling was very important for dogfights. My grandmother watched planes on her way to school. The Nieuports always won and the brass 303's bounced off the rooves. Kids picked them up and took them to class.
Well, that's clear as mud.
@BritishempirewillneverdieThe British Empire is dead, thicko.
I'm a girl and I get this. More oxygen = more combustion = increase is speed. Conversely, when throttling back the oxygen the combustion decreases, hence the speed. Clear as can be!
You're no airhead! 😜
Well well well now I know
Amazing....rotary engines are really weird!!!
Is this a Clerget?
Huh? Probably have to know how it works before you can understand this video, by which time you don’t need the video.
I always this engine configuration was referred to as "radial". Whereas a rotary was more like the wankel engines use by Mazda, NSU etc. No?
No, this is a rotary engine. Radial engines were a later development and widely used in WW2.
Both radial and rotary engines have the same cylinder layout, but in rotary engines the whole engine rotates (hence the name!) whereas in radial engines its just the crankshaft.