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Old 8th Mar 2012, 15:24
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hugh flung_dung
 
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Engine stopping in spins

I've had this happen in several different Bulldogs, usually when going to the right. Recovery is normal and the engine usually starts easily in the dive-out (if slightly delayed to get the prop to windmill) or when the tit is pressed.

(An aside: I was in a theatrical costume store earlier today (don't ask!) and the lady suggested getting some "titty tape" ... apparently it's one of those secrets that the fairer sex normally keep to themselves )

I once had the engine in a starter-less Jungmann stop dead at the top of a rather low stall turn over an empty but short airfield - I held the vertical until there was very little of it left but the engine only started to windmill when I pulled-out. It was all perfectly controlled but apparently the roaring and low pull-out from a silent vertical dive was rather impressive.

HFD
(edited to fix typos)
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