Oh, there's oil EVERYWHERE!

[CAP1]

If you mean to keep it off of themselves, then no. The scarves were there to wipe the oil off their goggles constantly so they could see where they were going.

I THOUGHT they were to keep the castor oil from going in their mouths too.

[VonMessa]

I THOUGHT they were to keep the castor oil from going in their mouths too.

They were fom what I have read/heard, etc, a highly useful, multipurpose accessory that could be used for a multitude of things.
Much akin to a towel in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.   

[Saurdaukar]

corsairs used radial engines.

the ww1 planes used rotarys.

That's what I get for reading.

[Krusty]

 

Kudos for that analogy!

[morfiend]

 So does this mean HTC will model some sort of effect?

 Maybe once the airframe reaches 5G's the pilot will be subject to a brownout!


   

[texastc316]

I'm sure it will spew onto 200

[2ADoc]

The scarves were to wipe their goggles off and also to prevent chaffing around their neck.  Along with the Castor oil, there was also the problem that some models did not have self oiling rocker arms, and had to be greased.  I speak from exp that there is nothing quite like having a ball of hot grease catch you right between the eyes and then start to smear, all about the time the tail comes up while doing a formation takeoff.  I always flew with my mouth shut, even though I was using aeroshell 100, it did not taste that good either, and the bugs, oh the bugs.  A dragon fly hitting you in the forehead at 70 will raise a welt.

[smoe]

The scarves were used to attract the ladies and pie eating.

[VonMessa]

The scarves were used to attract the ladies and pie eating.

I love me some good, sloppy pie eating 

[Wingnutt]

"brown-out" and "green apple splashes"

If I get nothing else from this thread, I will have still had too much.

[W7LPNRICK]

Castor oil in not very viscous and does not like heat. It burns/scorches easily and when it leaks, even a little it stains everything black. 

[cp101]

if hitech does make tha caster oil leak in the game, i heard it can make the pilot very sick so it could be an effect for flying to long and can blur your vision or something

[W7LPNRICK]

if hitech does make tha caster oil leak in the game, i heard it can make the pilot very sick so it could be an effect for flying to long and can blur your vision or something

Castor beans are seriously poisonous.   

[guncrasher]

Castor beans are seriously poisonous.   

naw its the presence of ricin that makes it toxic.  but it has lots of medical uses.

semp

[W7LPNRICK]

naw its the presence of ricin that makes it toxic.  but it has lots of medical uses.

semp

I know that...old wives tale. Ricin has to be removed in a lab in oerder to get enough to kill. Gramma used to pinch our noses and force a spoon full of either caster oil or Cod liver oil down us.