As it happens I do have a pretty good idea how the engine works, I simply made a mistake for which I apologise.
Thank you for pointing it out to me, I have now corrected my post.
I try and keep the information I post on the forum fairly simple as a lot of the members are not technically minded. I must admit I could not have posted anything as technically perfect as your post, nor would I want too as most of the forum members would just say "huh?"
I am, as I have said on the VTSC forum "proud and honoured to be the last Vulcan Rigger" not the last Sooty, that would be Ray.
Fifty years ago there were thousands of people in this country actively involved in building Vulcans and thousands more involved in operating them. Thirty years ago I was proud to be part of the team that serviced them and today I am proud to be the end of that line.
If you know of anyone else who is employed as a Vulcan airframe technician ("Rigger") please let me know and I will gladly change my signature to read "one of the last" or something similar.