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Re: Tempest 5 engine problems
Posted by john fawke on Mon Oct 08, 2001 04:48:11 AM
In reply top Tempest 5 engine problems posted by Tom Woodhouse on Sun Oct 07, 2001 04:11:05 PM
I have just got off the phone to an ex-137 sqdn engine fitter,who states that there was always a danger of this engine catching fire upon start up,esp if the pilot had overprimed it on a cold day: There are two sides to this tale. On one side Napier say t
: hat there was nothing wrong with the engines, just the ete
: rnal tinkering of RAF erks. On the erk's side I've spoken
: to a 501 sqn fitter who was telling me of the difficulties
: that he and his chums had to endure throughout the time t
: hat they operated the beast. One of the biggest problems s
: eems to have been on startup when the engines would set fi
: re to themselves, very unnerving! As I said in my other me
: ssage I'm going to try talking to the Napier Power Heritag
: e group as to get Kermit's example running will require mu
: ch input from them I think.