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Old 20th Nov 2019, 11:34
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Lingo Dan
 
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You certainly can motor a helicopter turbine to cool before fuel on. It's over 30 years since I last flew a UH1, but you could do so by running the starter motor with the twist-grip throttle closed.

In the Wessex, you could run the starter motor and chose when to "introduce fuel" by opening the HP Cock.

The Super Puma had a switch that basically allowed you to run the starter motor without fuel being introduced (memory fades even more here)

However, there is so much to be said for rotors-running refuels. Not least being that a "quick suck" of fuel will allow payload to be maximised, and need only take a few minutes.
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