Re: Spitfire spits fire

[Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>]

Atwell Haines wrote:
> But the bypass valve is 'sposed to hold the revs up on overrun
> isn't it, like an old-fashioned carb dashpot. Hmm.

  Yes, but the "old fashioned carb dashpot" doesn't perform
that job. It is there solely to richen mixture on acceleration,
there should be no resistance to the piston falling.

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