[Healeys] Ok this is a Spitfire Video

[Alan Seigrist]

Bob -

Ye ask ...

In fact, early Merlin engines came equipped with SU carburettors which,
shock horror, did not work in negative G maneuvers which BF 109 pilots used
to their advantage during the Battle of Britain, despite the fact that
Hawker Hurricanes and Spitfire 1s were slightly better aircraft than the
109Es.

It was a huge deal and evenutally they had to fix the whole carb setup, and
eventually went to direct fuel injection because SU's just weren't up to the
challenge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Shilling's_orifice

I wonder if Miss Shilling's Orifice would stop my H4s from leaking gas.

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Shilling's_orifice>Regards,

Alan

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

> Wonder if it has SU carbs?
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> On 11/18/2010 7:50 PM, Alan Seigrist wrote:
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>> But you can see he's really our kind of pilot.  He's restored this
>> Spitfire
>> as accurately as possible.  What's interesting is I wonder where he gets
>> 2BA
>> CSK ALI airframe screws!!
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>> http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?bcpid=90015277001&bctid=652189715001
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