Yes. I spoke to the owner of Marinell, one Maurice Hammond, about 7 years ago
and he told me that. For that reason you don't make an approach with a low
power setting in case you open the throttle too quickly to go around.
Sounds like you need a low, flat approach with loads of flap.
Chris
On 6 Jul 2012, at 14:07, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> I don't know if it's true or not but I've heard that the torque of the
> Merlin on opening full throttle can roll you over if you're not ready
> for it. P-38s are more forgiving in that respect.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 7/6/2012 1:28 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
>> I would, Don. But it requires a fair amount of clout and experience.
>> I suspect that Cliff Spink was station commander of RAF Coningsby,
>> where the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight is situated. This means
>> that he would have been trained to fly the Spitfire or Hurricane and
>> would therefore have an immediated "in" to the world of powerful
>> single-engined fighters. It's a small, select community . . .
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> On 6 Jul 2012, at 00:49, Don Holbrook wrote:
>>
>>> bet you'd love to go up in it if possible.................
>>
>
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