Originally Posted by
Stan Woolley
Can’t say I particularly enjoyed flying it but I really loved standing next to one as it fired up the sixteen foot diameter props and the RR Tyne’s. Awesome!
I thought the props were bigger than that but this
article in 'Flight' gives the prop diameter as 14'6".
On the ground (prop pitch in beta-range), advancing the throttles from ground idle resulted initially in an RPM
reduction - a weird sensation until you got used to it.