Does a Cessna 152 have an afterburner?

"Jim Macklin" wrote:
Agreed, better to test the switch, or as Ronald Reagan said,
"trust, but verify."

OT: My understanding is that Reagan was "quoting" an old Russian proverb.

RK Henry wrote:
That's what I was taught years ago in primary training: Test the mag
switch as part of EVERY shutdown. I still follow that routine.

You never know when some fool is going to be messing with the prop
while the airplane is parked.

I never really understood the reason behind that. If you kill the
engine with the mixture pulling the prop through will do nothing other
than close the impulse coupler and fire the mag. With no fuel present,
nothing will happen. However, if you kill the engine with the mag
switch (and have a busted P lead) the carb is still primed and the
engine could start and turn a few revolutions if said fool were to pull
the prop through. Granted the hot mag check only takes a moment, but if
the engine is shut down properly there shouldn't be any danger, correct?

Double safety. Idle cutoff valves can also leak, primers
can leak and they by-pass the carb in some engines.


"Kingfish" wrote in message
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| RK Henry wrote:
| That's what I was taught years ago in primary training:
Test the mag
| switch as part of EVERY shutdown. I still follow that
routine.
|
| You never know when some fool is going to be messing
with the prop
| while the airplane is parked.
|
| I never really understood the reason behind that. If you
kill the
| engine with the mixture pulling the prop through will do
nothing other
| than close the impulse coupler and fire the mag. With no
fuel present,
| nothing will happen. However, if you kill the engine with
the mag
| switch (and have a busted P lead) the carb is still primed
and the
| engine could start and turn a few revolutions if said fool
were to pull
| the prop through. Granted the hot mag check only takes a
moment, but if
| the engine is shut down properly there shouldn't be any
danger, correct?
|

"RK Henry" wrote

That's what I was taught years ago in primary training: Test the mag
switch as part of EVERY shutdown. I still follow that routine.

You never know when some fool is going to be messing with the prop
while the airplane is parked.

Explorers at OSH are not allowed to ever touch a prop, while helping a pilot
move an airplane, because of that fact.
--
Jim in NC

About 50 mechanics are killed or injured by props every year
because they have to work near running engine to do some of
their work.


I always cringe when I see people leaning on a prop.


"Morgans" wrote in message
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|
| "RK Henry" wrote
|
| That's what I was taught years ago in primary training:
Test the mag
| switch as part of EVERY shutdown. I still follow that
routine.
|
| You never know when some fool is going to be messing
with the prop
| while the airplane is parked.
|
| Explorers at OSH are not allowed to ever touch a prop,
while helping a pilot
| move an airplane, because of that fact.
| --
| Jim in NC
|