No wonder they all bailed out!

[calypso]

Sounds like my old Fiat 500 on steroids.

Love the sound of the inertia flywheel spinning up.

Primimg lever looks like it's about to come off!!

Antonov An-2.

http://www.avsim.ru/files.phtml?action= ... e&id=14266

[cstorey]

I think the lever may be the seat height adjuster. Lovely film, and the sound of a radial is splendid

[calypso]

I think the lever may be the seat height adjuster. Lovely film, and the sound of a radial is splendid

Er, no, it is the primer.

The An-2 is cranked by an inertial starter-a big flywheel spun into life by a teacup-size electric motor. You can engage it in a variety of ways, some of which require more hands than I have. There's a certain amount of careful priming to do first, after wobble-pumping with a stalky lever below the captain's chair, but then you either manually engage the rapidly spinning flywheel to crank the engine by pulling a tee handle with one hand and feeding it spark and fuel with your other two, or you push a button for "electronic start," turn on the mags after a few blades have passed the windscreen and stand by the throttle.

Full article here.

http://www.seqair.com/Other/UnFalco/UnFalco.html

[calypso]

Lovely film, and the sound of a radial is splendid

I agree. The great sound has been faithfully reproduced for FS9.

Here's a small video I made.

Turn up the sound.

http://www.degiorgio.net/an2.wmv

[Prop Jockey]

Thats a great vid They do sound lovely !

Cheers

Rich