The perils of prop swinging
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:16 amPage 1 of 2
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:16 amRe: The perils of prop swinging
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 8:34 amThe scary part was even thinking to turn the prop .. in the late 1940's were ex mil aircraft were cheap, plenty of would be pilots .. there was a rash of peoples getting killed , not just prop swinging but peoples walking into run engines, It was the USAF that when it was formed decided a set of stencil and markings and warning signs on aircraft , today you don't see them so much , the RED line with danger arrows , got to a stage were the aircraft were covered in all sort of stencils ... one would think , prop swinging is not a practice to take up ... if ya can't start it , FIX IT !
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:14 am..scary things....
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:54 amRemember this one?
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/dft_a..._pdf_500049.pdf
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/dft_a..._pdf_500049.pdf
Re: The perils of prop swinging
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:58 amFozzer wrote:..scary things....
...whirling aerofoils!....
One thing and today is not so common now, was the old Bell model 47 .. always lower your head and come in sideways .. when the RNZAF operated the Huey , you notice how the crew walk wide of the disk and enter side on .. good safety practice , in war its different , use your brain case and bend and in and under or wait till the disk is flat.
Re: The perils of prop swinging
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:02 amemfrat wrote:Remember this one?
http://www.aaib.gov.uk/cms_resources/dft_a..._pdf_500049.pdf
I'm almost like thinking a Benny Hill and Eric Sykes with that one
Re: The perils of prop swinging
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 10:26 amYes, pure slapstick, but a very lucky escape... 
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:24 amOne aircraft I really hated prop swinging was the C206 or C207...those 3 bladed props and a powerful engine that was tricky enough to start at times via the normal method.
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 11:35 amOH .. BUGGER .. and to think I called em GA planes , Sometimes one really looks hard at a model glow plug start of the old days 
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:27 pmIt's bad enough prop swing my 110cc RC model with its 27" prop. A welding glove comes in handy
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 4:33 pmcowpatz wrote:It's bad enough prop swing my 110cc RC model with its 27" prop. A welding glove comes in handy
OuCH Ya Bastard Just, Just bloody start won't ya , ya bugger !
Re: The perils of prop swinging
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:14 pmPhoto!cowpatz wrote:my 110cc RC model with its 27" prop.
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 6:16 pmThe J-3?
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:02 pmOn old Motorbikes, its a Kickstart... 
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:15 pmCharl wrote:Photo!cowpatz wrote:my 110cc RC model with its 27" prop.
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:15 pmPaul do what I did , kick start my CB350 years back .. was ... old and classic , one kick .. two Kicks .. almost Three Kicks , bloody spark plug shot out the cylinder head and thru the roof of the garage ... I did not tell another Rob about this ... but boy !
Re: The perils of prop swinging
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:16 pmcowpatz wrote:It's bad enough prop swing my 110cc RC model with its 27" prop. A welding glove comes in handy
That's a bigger donk than the one Paul's little bike. I would be down the camping and fishing shop, getting one of those chain-mail gloves to save fingers from over-enthusiastic filleting
Re: The perils of prop swinging
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:18 pmcowpatz wrote:Charl wrote:Photo!cowpatz wrote:my 110cc RC model with its 27" prop.
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HELLS BELLS .. 27" of Prop .. and in long grass as well !
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:19 pmNaki wrote:The J-3?
Yeah I still have it....for those 10kts or less summer days!
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 7:19 pmIan Warren wrote:Paul do what I did , kick start my CB350 years back .. was ... old and classic , one kick .. two Kicks .. almost Three Kicks , bloody spark plug shot out the cylinder head and thru the roof of the garage ... I did not tell another Rob about this ... but boy !
I still have the mark on my shin where my Ducati Mach 1 took exception to something I said about starting