Start an engine with a 12ga round.

[stephen4785]

I would've thought you were a liar if you told me you had to use a shotgun round to start an engine.

[Sleeper]

That is a shit ton of work just to start a engine.

[4bangen]

yup, alot of older wwii and older planes used them too.

[jw33]

No shit.

[JC316]

No shit.

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Was just fixing to post that.

[ceyko]

That was pretty cool though.

[CJ]

I always had a thing for air starters also.






and of course, lest we forget:

[68RR]

cartridge can that was used on some early jet engines

[Cooter]

I always had a thing for air starters also.

I love the sound of them too. One of the brief moments of zen back when I was a compressor tech.

the big Ingersol Rand starters we had on our 115 liter Waukesha engines sounded awesome

[Mysticcobrakilla]

I love the sound of them too. One of the brief moments of zen back when I was a compressor tech.

the big Ingersol Rand starters we had on our 115 liter Waukesha engines sounded awesome

Compression tech for who?

[Chas_svo]

Real motors have 2.3 Fords built into them for starter motors.

[Torinoman]

Real motors have 2.3 Fords built into them for starter motors.

Like what?

Also can anyone explain how the shotgun shell starter works? I just can't finger it out

[Cooter]

Compression tech for who?

Valerus

[68RR]

Like what?

Also can anyone explain how the shotgun shell starter works? I just can't finger it out

there are two different ways on using a starter shell on an engine.
First one is the gases discharged from the firing of the shell push down a tube onto the top of a piston, rotating the engine.

Second is the discharge pressure is applied to a screw type assy which in turn rotates the engine..

[stephen4785]

I love the sound of them too. One of the brief moments of zen back when I was a compressor tech.

the big Ingersol Rand starters we had on our 115 liter Waukesha engines sounded awesome

I hated all starters on compressors. Air starters were always rusted, clogged with salt, or slugged with water. Electrical starters always had some jack ass operator running the batteries down or managing to melt all the cables and batteries. The classic response was always "I only hit the button for 5 seconds".
I did like the sound of 35000 and 3600 cats.