The perils of prop swinging

[Ian Warren]

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

Arr the fun .. I did wonder why the bike was loosing power sometimes .. never thought of metallurgy and its failures back then

[Fozzer]

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

My 1948, 1,000cc Vincent HRD Rapide, vee-twin, was the killer for kick-starting escapades with the ignition too far advanced!

Then the Japanese invented Push-button starting!...bless-'em!.... ....!

My little Yamaha RX-S 100 has a kick-starter (no flat battery problems).....but there again...she's only a 98cc 2-stroke!... ...!

Next exercise...

...kick-starting a 1938 Harley Davidson Knuckle-head.... ...!

Paul.... .... ...!

[Ian Warren]

That's all ya need , a little bike for the shopping .. some reason .. ya can't kill em ! they just keep going and going and going and going .. friggen brilliant pieces of motor cycle mechanics .

[emfrat]

Heh heh - this has developed into one of the more successful topic hijacks of recent years

[Ian Warren]

Heh heh - this has developed into one of the more successful topic hijacks of recent years

I don't know many threads that don't get hi-jacked ... if ya got the interest peoples reading .. LETS SWING THE PROP

[cowpatz]

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

The gloves are only there to keep your severed fingers in one place rather than having to look through the grass for them.

[Fozzer]

That's all ya need , a little bike for the shopping .. some reason .. ya can't kill em ! they just keep going and going and going and going .. friggen brilliant pieces of motor cycle mechanics .

The Clean Air Brigade have killed off all those lovely 2-stroke bikes now.
No longer imported into Britain.... ...!

...yet fire and smoke breathing Radial Aero Motors are still allowed... ....!

My little Yamaha 2-stroke is real FUN to ride...98cc and 75 MPH, (slight tail-wind), always guaranteed to bring a big smile to my face!

Yamaha RD 500 V-4 2 stroke.... ...!

Paul....Stroking my Yamaha....in the company of "swingers".... ...!

[Charl]

27 inches... 'strewth, better go get your Part 102 application filled out, then.

[Ian Warren]

27 inches... 'strewth, better go get your Part 102 application filled out, then.

That is a whooping great propeller for a model aircraft, I sort of understand prop starting in the early years , as we all know , the thing that strikes me on a later aircraft .. and the death UMM , what was the rush if one could not start the engine ... we won't no that now , who s to say it was not a Suicide ! .. logic

[towerguy]

I remember when the big topic of discussion at the time was whether it was better to swing a prop from in front or from behind. The idea being that if you are behind and the engine fires into life only to find the brakes were forgotten, was that the aircraft shot away and left you safely behind and not scrambling in front. Done it from both sides and found it nice to get a hand grip on the strut of the Cessna while swinging with the other - takes a strong arm though. Still got both hands so didn't get it too wrong.

[Ian Warren]

Still got both hands so didn't get it too wrong.

My hands and eyeballs are the primary to look after .. without them I'd shoot myself !

[cowpatz]

I remember when the big topic of discussion at the time was whether it was better to swing a prop from in front or from behind. The idea being that if you are behind and the engine fires into life only to find the brakes were forgotten, was that the aircraft shot away and left you safely behind and not scrambling in front. Done it from both sides and found it nice to get a hand grip on the strut of the Cessna while swinging with the other - takes a strong arm though. Still got both hands so didn't get it too wrong.

I never liked the fact that when swing from behind your head bowed down towards the moving prop. I always swing down and under then walk away. Just swing.......and walk away.

[Ian Warren]

Just swing.......and walk away.

.... and

[emfrat]

In one of Mac Job's books about accidents, he comments on how a prop should be swung. He says the key thing is to stand so that if the engine fires unexpectedly, or you lose your footing, you will fall flat on your face on the ground, not into the prop.

[Fozzer]

In one of Mac Job's books about accidents, he comments on how a prop should be swung. He says the key thing is to stand so that if the engine fires unexpectedly, or you lose your footing, you will fall flat on your face on the ground, not into the prop.

...I think I would get someone else to do it.... ....!

Paul.... ....!

[Ian Warren]

In one of Mac Job's books about accidents, he comments on how a prop should be swung. He says the key thing is to stand so that if the engine fires unexpectedly, or you lose your footing, you will fall flat on your face on the ground, not into the prop.

...I think I would get someone else to do it.... ....!

Most off them did, that is while a lotta ground crew where pretty much armless ... CLEAR THE PROP !

[Fozzer]

...I think I would get someone else to do it.... ....!

Most off them did, that is while a lotta ground crew where pretty much armless ... CLEAR THE PROP !

...and they say Prop Swinging is a (h)armless occupation!.... ....!

Paul.... ....!

[Ian Warren]

My limbs are in rapture ..or least swinging around somewhere ... hang on somewhere