Originally Posted by
clarkieboy
Which were unfortunately too big to fit in a Herc.....
The big Houchins were great, but hardly practical, so the Solars went everywhere with us. I guess you will remember the fun and games with Y-Pieces and two Paloustes, then....
Indeed, if one could find 2 serviceable Paloustes at the host airfield. ISTR that, if push came to shove, we could start using a single one. Procedure was along the lines;
Engage starter, accelerates to 10% cold engine, power-lever to idle, accelerates to 20% and approaching red-line TGT, power-lever to cutoff.
Engine decays to 15% and TGT falling, power-lever to idle, relight, engine now accelerates to 25% and approaching red-line TGT, power-lever to cutoff.
Engine decays to 20% and TGT falling, power-lever to idle, relight, engine now accelerates to 30% and approaching red-line TGT, power-lever to cutoff ...................
God knows how the turbine felt about all this.