I got a good laugh to get the day started. The irony is that "turbine time"
is the holy grail for an aspiring professional pilot. As you say, a radial
requires skill and a bit of magic to run it. Put two or more of them on one
airplane and it's like running a preschool. You do get a sense of pride and
acomplishment just by starting one. Honestly though, I'd rather be pulled by
turbines. When you're shooting an instrument approach at midnight after a 12
hour duty-day, you don't want to mess with mixtures and cowl flaps.
You're right though, radials are way macho.
Jesse
From: gleeso <gleeso1@iprimus.com.au>
Reply-To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
To: rebel-builders@dcsol.com
Subject: [rebel-builders] Radial Engines VS Turbines
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 21:34:36 +1000
Having noted the recent posts re radial engines and also the turbine
Moose, I submit the following for your comments.
Death to the turbines!
"We gotta get rid of these turbines, they are ruining aviation.
We need to go back to big round engines.
Anybody can start a turbine, you just need to move a switch from
"OFF" to "START," and then remember to move it back to "ON" after
a while. My PC is harder to start.
Cranking a round engine requires skill, finesse and style. On
some planes, the pilots aren't even allowed to do it.
Turbines start by whining for a while, then give a small
lady-like poot and start whining louder.
Round engines give a satisfying rattle-rattle, click-click,
BANG, more rattles, another BANG, a big macho fart or two,
more clicks, a lot of smoke and finally a serious low pitched
roar. We like that. It's a blokey thing. (read guy thing)
When you start a round engine, your mind is engaged and you
can concentrate on the flight ahead. Starting a turbine is
like flicking on a ceiling fan: Useful, but hardly exciting.
Turbines don't break often enough, leading to aircrew boredom,
complacency and inattention.
A round engine at speed looks and sounds like it's going to blow at any
minute.
This helps concentrate the mind.
Turbines don't have enough control levers to keep a pilot's
attention. There's nothing to fiddle with during long flights.
Turbines smell like a Boy Scout camp full of Coleman lanterns.
Round engined planes smell like God intended flying machines
to smell.
I think I hear the nurse coming down the hall. I gotta go."
Regards
John
Rebel 804 Down Under
looking forward to meeting up with some of you blokes (guys) at Oshkosh
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