The WW2 Aircraft Started with a Shotgun
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- During the Second World War thousands of aircraft would take to the skies. Surprisingly they would use a variety of methods to start their engines. Perhaps none more stranger than the Coffman Starter. In today's video we look at the WW2 Aircraft started with a shotgun.
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What did you think of the shotgun starting engines of World War Two? Had you ever heard of it before?
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Yep, heard of them before, matter of fact back in the 20's and into the 30's it wasn't a rare event for a pilot to have to land and fix their own plane when traveling any kind of real distance because like any machine back then they had high failure rates, the Coffman starter gave them the ability to start their engine on their own without having someone to pull the prop through after repairing their aircraft so they can get going again instead of being stranded.
This Coffman engine starter system is integral to the plot of the 1966 original classic film "Flight of the Phoenix."
Yep, this is why I was aware of the shotgun shells. Even the bit about using the shells to clear the carbon.
@@ChrisThompson-ir3xz What a great movie!
My great uncles tractor used shotgun shells to start the engine, too! ❤
I've known about these for many years because of the Jimmy Stewart film "The Flight of the Phoenix" where the use of these starters was a key plot point near the end of the film - including the wasting of their second to last cartridge to clean out the carbon build up.
That was dramatic cinema, but I don't think blowing carbon from the engine cylinders like that was realistic. My understanding of the Coffman starter used in aircraft is that the gas produced drives a gear to spin the engine, and the gas from the cartridge does not enter the pistons. That did happen on diesel tractors started with a Field-Marshal cartridge starter, but not aircraft.
Cartridge starters could also be used to start many cold war era jet engines, with the gas driving a small turbine geared to the engine. In this case the cartridge was much larger than a shotgun shell. Again the gas did not enter the engine itself and was vented outward.
I was going to write the exact thing. I watched that movie way, way back as a kid in the 60s. Hadn't heard of the Coffman starter of course at that time but certainly got a dose of learning about it watching the movie.
This starting system was used in the aircraft that I learnt to fly in. DeHaviland Chipmunk, fitted with the Gypsy Major Mk. VIII piston engine, built in 1949. Still flying in 1973.
First saw this used in the original "Flight of the Phoenix" I was intrigued that. such. a small amount of gun powder could start such a large engine.
The plane in intro was aME163 not a jet was roocket
Here I am using the Internet to fact check for myself the accuracy of a movie I'm watching: The Flight of the Phoenix. Cool, it is real.
B57 jet bomber in Vietnam used them.
It's 00:00 on the 1.1.2024. what am I doing here?
Oh, that required a lot of research. Considering all you did was read the Wikipedia article Word for Word about Coffman engine starters.
Great video! I remember watching an old WWII movie once when they needed to start a plane in order to make their escape from some remote location. I remember it was tense when they only had like 1 or 2 Cartridges left. I wish I could remember the name of the movie? .. Does anybody remember it??? .. 🤔🙄👍
Thanks Otto, glad you enjoyed it!
“Flight of the Phoenix”
I didn’t know some spitfires used Coffman starters. I’d like to know which models used which starting method during ww2. I believe mk2 used Coffman but what about the others?
I've read of these starters but never seen one. In airplane mechanic school I handled a starter cartridge used on the B 52 bomber. Excellent Video and an interesting history lesson, Well Done Sir.
I have never seen a shotgun starter for WWII engine even for models you said.
Interesting!!