[Axenolith]

Going inverted in early war ones caused them to sputter/shut off because the gravity carburetor float would shut off the fuel 🤣. Can’t recall at moment if that was both hurricane and spitfire or just one of them.

[niteowl77]

At the time I described my dad pondering Brit cars vs aircraft, he was actually bemused by the problematic electrical system in what was - IIRC - a pampered, low-mileage Triumph that the owner was starting to have bad thoughts about. I told dad that the Triumph, BSA and Norton motorcycle guys - there were still a surprising number of those guys around at that time - joked about the Lucas “Lords of Darkness,” never riding them at night, etc. Dad made some comment about Bomber Command, night bombing, etc and thoughtfully shook his head.

[spokeshave]

Going inverted in early war ones caused them to sputter/shut off because the gravity carburetor float would shut off the fuel

It was a lady Aviator,,,and Aviatrix who solved the problem

The Messerschmidt had Bosh fuel injection

The Spitfire solution was an additional tube in the carburetor float chamber.

As a child, Beatrice "Tilly" Shilling played with building sets and spent her spare change on tools for tinkering with projects; at 16, she bought herself a motorcycle and started modifying it. She was a trailblazer practically from the day of her birth on March 8, 1909, so it's not surprising that this British aircraft engineer would go on to solve a dangerous flaw in the Supermarine Spitfire, an iconic World War II aircraft. She was a pioneer in military aviation technology and an early advocate for women in engineering

Beatrice on her Norton