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MCN
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PostPosted: 21:31 - 15 Nov 2021    Post subject: Miss Shilling's Orifice (Fnarr) Reply with quote
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Shilling%27s_orifice


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSe4lmy8S4
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PostPosted: 19:37 - 16 Nov 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Should have gone in the EFI vs Carbs thread Wink
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PostPosted: 20:08 - 16 Nov 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Easy-X wrote:
Should have gone in the EFI vs Carbs thread Wink


True...

But I think I was black balled from that thread. Thinking Very Happy
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PostPosted: 20:11 - 18 Nov 2021    Post subject: Re: Miss Shilling's Orifice (Fnarr) Reply with quote
MCN wrote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Shilling%27s_orifice


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOSe4lmy8S4



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Shilling

Beatrice Shilling OBE PhD MSc CEng (8 March 1909 – 18 November 1990)[1] was a British aeronautical engineer and amateur racing driver. During the Second World War, she designed and developed "Miss Shilling's orifice" to restrict fuel flow to the carburettor of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engines in the Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighters. Previously the pilots had experienced a loss of power or even complete engine cut-out during combat manoeuvres, posing a potentially lethal disadvantage in the Battle of Britain.

Shilling raced motorbikes at Brooklands in the 1930s, one of only three women awarded a BMCRC (British Motorcycle Racing Club) Gold Star for lapping the circuit at over 100 miles per hour (160 km/h). Clapping
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PostPosted: 13:01 - 19 Nov 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
The manoeuvre that caused the problem was 'bunting', pushing the nose down which starved the engine of fuel. The Me109 had injection so were unaffected. Quite a significant issue in a dogfight.
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