Tag: airplane
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Starting A Wildcat War Plane With Original 4GA Shotgun Starter Shells
The shells were manufactured in 1943 and still work! How it’s done: The Coffman starter uses a specially made 4 gauge paper shell with an electric primer. It is filled with .25″ and .187″ diameter cordite pellets for slow burning powder. The shell fires into a starter assembly on the accessory case of the engine,…
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The German – A Short WW2 Related Film With Zero VFX Budget
€70,000 to fund the live action portion of the film. There was no money left for visual effects so the director did them all for free over a 6 month period: A British fighter pilot pursues the german ace that shot down his friend across sky and country… with murder in mind. But he discovers…