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Old 6th April 2018, 16:48
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On display in the Imperial War Museum, Duxford
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Old 6th April 2018, 17:40
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What a thing! It would have wound up the elastic on my old balsa planes with some panache.
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Old 6th April 2018, 18:14
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To this day a miniature version is still used to start model aero-engines.
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It was a simple, ingenious solution, but was superseded by the trolley acc. or Coffman cartridge starter by WWII in the RAF. However, the Japanese Army Air Force still used the system for some land based radial engined aircraft during that war.
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