BlackSheep wrote:
Calsir wrote:
This was not the case of WWI, as most rotary engines have one throttle setting (Full).
This your statement is not fully correct.
Some time ago I was talking with my friend Maurizio Longoni and we noted that the WW1 pilots controlled the rotary engine output by switching it off to switch it on again using the propeller's inertial force. They generally avoided the system of switching off the magnets of some of the engine's pistons, the system invented to provide some power output control on the rotary engines, since it wasn't sure that all the pistons would have started working again when required.
Yes, they were able to control the output by disabling the fuel flow or by killing the spark plugs (blipping). However, most of the rotaries were unthrottled. My point is that there was no relevant difference between fuel consumption during air combat and during cruise.
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