Yep. I think Langford hasn’t has his morning tea yet. 😁 Mark Jones Oldsmar, Fl
N771MJ “WunderBird” www.flykr2s.com flyk...@gmail.com > On Dec 11, 2018, at 10:02 AM, Chris Kinnaman via KRnet <krnet@list.krnet.org> > wrote: > > My guess is that the tail lifted because the thrust of the prop pulled the > airplane to the extent of the tiedown rope, which was attached to a trailer > hitch, not down at ground level. I once came within about an inch of a > similar prop strike due to this same tiedown configuration. > > FWIW > > Chris K > > >> On 12/11/2018 7:18 AM, Mark Langford via KRnet wrote: >> Gary Sack wrote: >> >>> I tied the tail, but this time it >>> was easiest to tie it to the trailer hitch on the Subaru. WARNING! Don't do >>> this. When she came to life, her tail lifted and ground down my pretty wood >>> prop just like a pencil sharpener >> You must not have had it anywhere near idle speed to lift the tail. >> That, to me, may be the real moral of the story. I always start mine >> (with the starter) with only about 3/16" in of throttle, so I'm not in a >> panic when it starts. The high vacuum of the almost closed throttle >> setting helps to draw the fuel through the carb and into the cylinders, >> making it start faster too. >> But the absence of a pilot does lighten the load on the tail by a factor >> of about ten on a taildragger, so A bungee cord on the stick would be >> good too, but then I do have 20/20 hindsight. A short strap and a >> ground-mounted ring (like a tie-down ring) would probably be optimal. >> Thanks for posting this though...it gives us all a chance to think about >> these things before we try something like that. >> >> My hat's off to anybody that can start a VW with a wooden prop on it. >> I've tried, but failed miserably. That prop doesn't have much inertia >> to carry through to more than one cylinder firing, unless the engine has >> very low compression (mine's about 8.5:1). >> >> Mark Langford, Huntsville, AL >> ML "at" N56ML.com >> www.N56ML.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at >> https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. >> Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. >> see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change >> options. >> To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
