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It's just a lever holding back the firing pin until the propellor is past a certain point even if the trigger is actuated. One of those brilliant inventions tha
by WJW 3y ago
It's just a lever holding back the firing pin until the propellor is past a certain point even if the trigger is actuated. One of those brilliant inventions that is trivial if you know the secret but very tricky to discover if you don't.
- __loam 3y agoWe should celebrate simple elegance more than rampant complexity.
- alanbernstein 3y agoIt’s conceptually simple, but it does introduce a coupling between the drivetrain and the weapon, which presumably wasn’t necessary previously. I wonder how much engineering went into managing that.
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- WalterBright 3y agoThe lever was pushed by a cam on the propeller shaft.