----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----So just stand at the rear of the prop. Hold onto the back of the windscreen with your left hand and use your right hand to push the prop down! Simple and safe!
Maynard Smith, 99843.
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Tommy Terry wrote:
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The attitude of the tri-gear plane at rest on the ground is not the best
for hand propping. I feel much more safe hand propping Tail wheel
planes, with their "nose high" attitude.
The problem with mine and most tri- gear planes is that, even though it
is timed right and the prop is on right, the prop is at or below waist
level by the time it fires. Thus, causing you to lean closer to the
prop.
Tommy
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At 09:10 AM 12/8/2004, Ralph Finch wrote:
<>Don't know about safer...but why not just hand-prop the next time you
fly, I would caution anyone who is not an experienced hand propper to not trythis. Hand propping a small nosedragger is pretty dangerous as the motion of the one propping tends to draw him into the prop arc. John Cooper Skyport Services PO Box 249 4996 Delaware Tnpk Rensselaerville, NY 12147 518 797-3064
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