If anything
bad were to happen, "careless and reckless" would be the relevant
regulation.

I tried to pin my CFI down on these matters, and he said: "Dan, there
are all sorts of reasons why you don't want this to become an issue."

Incidentally, the original poster (I think) said that a pilot had to
be at the controls. I was instructed that a pilot or *mechanic* had to
be.

There is a page on hand-propping at www.pipercubforum.com/handprop.htm

all the best -- Dan Ford
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