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Old 16 February 2001, 07:15 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Didn't they have the "blip" switches, that would momentarily shut down the mags? I'm not real familiar with rotary control systems, but I remember reading somewhere that the only "throttle" control in a rotary was the blip switch, or shutting the mags off entirely.
 
 

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