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Old 04-06-2013, 06:52 PM
majorfailure majorfailure is offline
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Originally Posted by Bearcat View Post
The former is quite possible.. the latter is quite true.. I have been playing around with stick settings to try to find a better profile.. The engine in the Corsair is the same one in the P-47 .. and P-47s have been known to keep running with a blown cylinder.. Sometimes it seems as if the DM of the radials is the same as the inline engines.. From all accounts it should be more robust.
I've always assumed the "golden bullet" engine seizure was not a blown cylinder but something like main fuel line destroyed?
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