Hand Proppping Airplane

[DiamondPilotDan]

jedi warrior

[justsnappy]

Leg swing not good...Standing behind prop and holding cowl is way safer and you can just step back. Also, if brakes fail and plane rolls forward you are out of the prop area.

[ryertay]

when setting the prop always turn it backwards! the mag switch could short out and it could be on compression stoke and jolt! you never what could happen!

[yocum137]

You look like you're standing too far from the prop. There's no need to kiss the thing, but leaning in like that is no good. You could fall back into the prop, esp. if it fires while your hands are on it, and your leg is in the air.

Also, there's differing opinions on to leg-swing or not to leg-swing. I'm beginning to think that with impulse mags, there's no need to leg swing. The FAA "Airplane Flying Handbook" does not suggest that a leg swing is necessary:

[DrPilotRedC]

is this plane a Luscombe?

[kallen2754]

@DrPilotRedC yes it is

[rayunseitig]

Well done, I think. :-)

[Ronbob59]

Very good job. That IS the correct way to prop an engine. By putting your leg forward and then back as you swing the prop you throw your body weigh backward and out of the way. The wrong way is to stand there erect. You take the chance of losing your balance and falling forward...

Ron

[Navinajr]

There is absolutely no reason to stick your leg into the prop arc like that, it's a good way to loose it and standing on one foot = less balance

[shedworld99]

Not sure if this works, but....in response to sdilullo I've added a link to a video of me propping a homebuilt with the Leburg ignition system. Hope it is of interest. 'Foggy' Thomas.

[billpeterson5150]

my Dad had a Luscombe when we were kids back in the 60's-I remember him spinning that ro like that, he would fly us over our house and around the San Jacinto monument-that lloks just like it, exept his was purple and white and it had wheel skirts, my Mom still has some pictures of it, I'll take them to kinko's and have them scanned and email them to you if you'd like, Dad died 5 years ago, I'm sure he would've loved to have seen this vid

[sdilullo]

Not to be anal, but technically they shouldn't be pulling it through with the switch off any differently than when they go to start it after contact. If one of the mags was actually grounded they'd be right under the prop when the engine turns.

All that said, great video - there aren't many of hand propping on here!

[Navinajr]

you mean not grounded

[sdold]

I was thinking the same thing, cringing when he was pulling it through. He must really trust those P leads.