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Posted: 7/16/2014 7:47:33 PM EDT
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Interupter gear was constantly engaged, hard wired into the system.
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Posted: 7/16/2014 7:49:45 PM EDT
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Interupter gear was constantly engaged, hard wired into the system. This. But it wasn't 'wired'. It was mechanically driven off of the crank I believe. At least on radials. Have to do some research but I think I'm right. eta 
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Posted: 7/16/2014 7:52:00 PM EDT
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Most guns had a manual lever in the cockpit to charge the gun and clear jams.
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Posted: 7/16/2014 7:52:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/16/2014 10:02:19 PM EDT
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Probably charging the gun? Open bolt machine guns are charged like that.
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Posted: 7/17/2014 2:56:00 AM EDT
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I'm currently reading "Lords of the Skies", and the author goes into this in detail. A year or so after the advent of the linkage-type interrupter, the British developed a hydraulic interrupter.
With the linkage interrupter, as engine RPM changed, so did the firing rate of the gun. The hydraulic interrupter allowed the gun to fire at its maximum rate, regardless of engine RPM. The hydraulic adjuster was also activated manually by the pilot. |
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Posted: 7/17/2014 3:15:30 AM EDT
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A bit off-topic, but Blue Max was a GREAT movie.
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Posted: 7/17/2014 3:19:13 AM EDT
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A bit off-topic, but Blue Max was a GREAT movie. It's a great movie. |
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Posted: 7/17/2014 8:20:38 PM EDT
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I recently got a copy of "The Blue Max" which I haven't seen in decades. There are a number of scenes where George Peppard's character is flying and before engaging enemy aircraft he's seen pulling back some sort of lever on each of his aircraft's nose-mounted machine guns. Is this how these guns were cocked or is how the interrupter gear was engaged? Those were extended charging handles fitted to aircraft 08/15's. Known as "Durchladehebel". |
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