Met -7C een radial engine koud starten. Dat duurt effe. Noorse Broussard, VIDEO......

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stratofreighter

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Max Holste MH-1521 Broussard LN-WNB. Ja, het is effe een geduldoefening... :D
Maar de aanhouder wint! ;)

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkcX0KGIBwk[/YOUTUBE]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkcX0KGIBwk

A friend of mine makes an attempt to start the Pratt & Whitney R-985 radial in a M.H. 1521 Broussard.

The temperature is approx. -7 degrees celsius and the engine is rather reluctant to say the least...

But this is what life is like, when you enjoy flying with round engines!
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Having operated radial engined aircraft in real Winter conditions - we always pre-heated the engines before we started them. We also used 15W50 multigrade oil.

In this video the engine barely starts and I expect starting this engine at such a low temperature drastically increases the wear on all rotating components. In addition it may take a while for the oil to flow normally further increasing the wear.

Better to have pre-heated this engine imho.
 
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