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Thank you, Todd! all the best -- Dan Ford email: (put Cubdriver in subject line) The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com Expedition sailboat charters www.expeditionsail.com |
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Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
On 11 Aug 2004 13:32:51 -0700, (Robert M. Gary) wrote: The dangerous time is really just before you start the engine and don't know how strong the engine is going to come on. Also, in both the J-3 and the 11AC and 7AC you can easily pull the door side chock as you hop in without having to let go of the strut. Right. Happily the engine is always hot, and the weather is never frosty--I don't do XCs in the winter. The Cub I generally fly has an alu prop and impulse starters (if that's the word), so will invariably start on the first or (rarely) second flip. I stand behind the prop with my left hand on the door frame and my foot under the tire. (I would much rather the news story read: "He was run over while trying to stop the airplane" than "He stood by helplessly as the plane took off.") I remember several times cruising around in the J-3 and noticing that I didn't have my seat belt on. Jumping in the plane, getting the handhelds set up and all while the plane is running just caused me to forget the seat belts. The other day I was flying the sea plane and had the same thing happen. Its easy to forget because you don't put the seat belt on right away because you have to be ready to jump back out if you get pushed back to the dock. Jumping out and beaching is always fun! Its strange to be getting out of the plane while its still moving and then trying to jump onto the dock at just the right time. -Robert |
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Corky Scott wrote in message . ..
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:28:16 -0400, "Bob Martin" wrote: That was interesting. Found out later you should never hand-prop an engine like that one (something to do with the mags kicking over too soon or something like that.) Why would the mags kick over too soon? Aren't they preset and fixed so that they don't kick over too soon? Or did you mean that the preset (around 26 degrees BTDC) is too advanced for hand propping? One the 11AC I flew, we had one mag timed for propping with the impluse and the other timed normally. We would start on the one mag to prevent kickback (although you could start on both). Once the engine started you just turned it to "both". I suspect that that is actually the same even on my Mooney. I think the starter kicks out one of the mags so you actually only start on one until you release the starter. -Robert |
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