Proping Question

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

On May 16, 8:26 pm, Dana M. Hague
d(dash)m(dash)hague(at)comcast(dot)net wrote:
On Tue, 15 May 2007 17:47:01 -0400, "Morgans"

wrote:
Why no hand propping a nose dragger for you?

I've done it a few times but found it very awkward, as the prop on,
say, a C-150 or 172 is much lower than the prop on a taildragger like
my T-Craft.

On the T-Craft turning it backwards was the standard way of clearing
it if it was flooded... but there was no impulse coupling nor vacuum
pump.

I haven't yet seen a Continental or Lycoming lightplane engine
without an impulse coupling on at least one mag. That impulse
mechanism is necessary for starting because it snaps the mag over fast
so it'll generate a spark, but it also retards the spark to at or near
top dead center so that the engine doesn't kick back.

........

Both mags on the O-435 Lycoming in my Johnson Rocket are non-impulse.

Both mags on the O-320 Lycoming in my Beech Musketeer are non-impulse.

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Don Poitras