On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 20:59:33 +0100, Max Richter
postulated :
The Navy used to have plenty of radial-pistonengined aircraft on
carriers.
Now my question: in radial-engines oil is collecting in the lower
cylinders when its stopped. Thats is one reason to handturn the engine
before it is started.Then the oil is queezed out in the exhaustsystem
and eventually on the ground.
Now i thought how dangerous, filthy and slippery the deck must have been
when an deckload of Hellcats, Avengers and so on started there engines
nearly simultaniusly.
How was this avoided or was it just ignored.
Greetings
Max

During the 50's there were weighted drip pans available for the worst
offenders and the wooden deck soaked up the rest. A periodic blast
from a fire hose did the clean up. During my day the only recips still
flying on the CVAs were Skyraiders (AD-5 and -6) and Stoofs (S2F and
TF).