My grandfather flew Ansons in North Africa and the Lavant during and after the WW2, mail a nd diplomatic bags etc. Nice to see this.

Magnificent engines and aircraft! Thanks for the video. Question; can someone explain to me the actual operation of the starter motor on these engines? It sounds as if the starter motor operates at a constant speed, yet the engine crankshaft rotates at a variable speed in relation to each successive compression stroke. Is there some sort of an inertial flywheel starter system connected to the crankshaft via some sort of a slip clutch?

It's a shame that Armstrong-Siddeley through either a merger or investment-driven expansion (they were owned by Hawker since 1935) couldn't find the funding, talent or Air Ministry attention to pursue their best potential. A large 38-40 L, sodium-cooled poppet valve A/S engine could have beat the Bristol Hercules as the first British 1,200 hp 14-cylinder two-row radial aircraft engine by years, which might have led to some truly interesting pre-war (presumably non-Bristol) aircraft designs to use it. Bristol's sleeve valve distraction was a wrench in the works of British radial-powered aircraft development.

If that was in a warm day ,, how did they start those in the winter ??

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