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Old 7th September 2001 | 09:31
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Dave Incognito
 
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If you are flying something with a carburettor, then negtive load factors can cause problems in the float chamber.

I believe the early Spitfires had problems with this until they modified the float chamber to incorporate some type of membrane. Not sure how it worked though...
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