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Title: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: Guppy35 on November 28, 2012, 10:29:02 PM
saw this posted on another forum.  RAF Museum Me-410 running up both engines in 1988.  Interesting whistle to those engines :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAcgUPjb16Q&feature=plcp
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: mthrockmor on November 28, 2012, 10:56:16 PM
Oil pump? Or is it the result of some aerodynamic design of the propellors?

Boo
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: Wmaker on November 29, 2012, 05:36:34 AM
Nice!! Seen the pics so I've thought a vid must be there somewhere. Hopefully similar videos surface about the Ki-100 and the Fw-190S-8.


Quote from: mthrockmor on November 28, 2012, 10:56:16 PM
Oil pump? Or is it the result of some aerodynamic design of the propellors?

I've understood that it's the supercharger impeller.
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: PanosGR on November 29, 2012, 11:21:18 AM
i'll be damn. :O Must be the rarest video concerning a wwii fighter today that is Me 410 live engine test
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: cactuskooler on November 29, 2012, 03:24:29 PM
Studied about a bajillion photos of that plane while skinning ours.  Nice to see her running.
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: Blooz on November 29, 2012, 03:28:14 PM
That sounds awful!

A bearing squealing maybe?

Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: beau32 on November 29, 2012, 04:40:37 PM
No, WMaker is right. Its the supercharger making that sound. Watch any Bf-109 video with the DB in it, and it will be making the same sound. BTW it is a very beautiful sound.....
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: Helm on November 30, 2012, 02:00:10 PM
wow! ...awesome find guppy! ...I cranked it up through some bass reflex speakers ....shook the whole house.  Scared the hell out of the cat ...lol



Helm ...out
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: GScholz on November 30, 2012, 10:18:31 PM
Wonder where that 410 is now and if she still runs...
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: Wmaker on December 01, 2012, 02:28:46 AM
Quote from: GScholz on November 30, 2012, 10:18:31 PM
Wonder where that 410 is now and if she still runs...

It's in RAF Museum at Cosford. It hasn't been run since AFAIK.
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: GScholz on December 02, 2012, 11:47:48 PM
I'll have to put Cosford on my places to visit list... Thanks :)
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: Gman on December 03, 2012, 12:44:23 AM
Wow, what a find, thanks for that video.  Amazing to see and listen to that thing run.
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: Denniss on December 06, 2012, 03:39:32 PM
Nice vid, also you could clearly see the cut prop tips.
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: GScholz on December 08, 2012, 05:11:28 AM
Why did they cut the tips? Was it typical, or something the British did to it?
Title: Re: Me-410 engine run 1988
Post by: Wmaker on December 08, 2012, 05:19:30 AM
Quote from: GScholz on December 08, 2012, 05:11:28 AM
Why did they cut the tips? Was it typical, or something the British did to it?

They were most probably damaged at one point (bent).

Lot of the "conservation work" done by the museums in those days could be considered destruction of priceless artifacts in today's standards. Things have changed.