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Offline Scherf

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Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« on: June 17, 2014, 06:56:24 AM »
Seen posted on another board, pretty cool.



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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2014, 10:30:29 PM »
 :rock Pretty freakin' cool 
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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2014, 08:13:44 AM »
Worth a sit thru thats for sure. :salute
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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2014, 10:48:31 AM »
Awesome!  :aok
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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2014, 09:38:01 PM »
Do they run them rich to get those flames?

Thanks for posting.
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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2014, 01:15:30 PM »
All piston engines produce flames like that if the exhaust pipes are short enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8qgrO09ocg&feature=player_detailpage#t=50


That's why night bombers and fighters had flame dampeners/hiders on the exhausts...


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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2014, 10:28:10 PM »
As it happens, most of the Mosquito night bombers didn't. You see flame gear on the very early Oboe markers, but by late 43 all the night Mossie bombers seem to have stub exhausts, including the low-level markers of 627 Sqn. The night fighters retained the dampeners, apparently the extra light interfered with aiming, and the intruder craft didn't want the ack gunners to have a clear target while they stooged around LW fields.
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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2014, 10:49:55 PM »
Nice video. I am a bit worried about the fate of the Mossie.

Quote from: Scherf on June 27, 2014, 10:28:10 PM
As it happens, most of the Mosquito night bombers didn't. You see flame gear on the very early Oboe markers, but by late 43 all the night Mossie bombers seem to have stub exhausts, including the low-level markers of 627 Sqn. The night fighters retained the dampeners, apparently the extra light interfered with aiming, and the intruder craft didn't want the ack gunners to have a clear target while they stooged around LW fields.

My understanding is that for the bomber Mossies the performance hit was judged not worth hiding the flames. 
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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2014, 11:07:33 AM »
For most of the war they were fast enough to make it a mute point. For the NFs it was much more important to hide your presence from enemy eyes and guns. Also on slower bombers like the Lanc flame dampeners were essential for survival.
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Re: Night-time bomber engine runs, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2014, 11:17:06 AM »
 Good post.
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