Hagar wrote:Hi Charles. Good to see you again after all these years. A blast from the past.![]()
Hagar aka Grumpy1
pete wrote:Here are your old pages from our old site Charles - good to see you back!
http://simviation.com/fsdcbain.htm
Roypcox wrote:Hi Charles and welcome back and stick around don't leave us again. Your knowledge is priceless!!! Hold steady old chum. Roy {homeboy}
Steve M wrote:Hello Charles, I have a question about aircraft fuel in WW1. Castor Oil. A few years back I posed a question saying did the exhaust from castor oil give pilots the "runs". If I remember right Doug (Hagar) explained that that was the reason those open cockpit pilots wore scarfs in order to avoid ingesting that stuff. ( If I remember correctly ). What was the reason they used castor oil when ground vehicles (engines) were already using gasoline?
I only have a three hour window to reply each evening so please excuse.
Steve M wrote:Hello Charles, I have a question about aircraft fuel in WW1. Castor Oil. A few years back I posed a question saying did the exhaust from castor oil give pilots the "runs". If I remember right Doug (Hagar) explained that that was the reason those open cockpit pilots wore scarfs in order to avoid ingesting that stuff. ( If I remember correctly ). What was the reason they used castor oil when ground vehicles (engines) were already using gasoline?
I only have a three hour window to reply each evening so please excuse.
Hagar wrote:[...I read that the the first thing many pilots of rotary engined aircraft did after landing from a mission was to visit the toilet.
This fuel combination is still used in rotary engined aircraft today during regular displays of WWI types at places like Old Warden & Old Rhinebeck. The distinctive smell is not unpleasant.
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