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dave
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 Posted: Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:01 pm Post subject: Why exactly shouldn't you run a 914 without a prop? |
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lucien.
many rotax powered planes do not have pull starts and you could never start
since there is not room for one.
if they got c box and electric starst you would need to pull the engine on a
Kitfox to get to the pull start.
I have E box on mine, battery dead no problem. wing the prop.
I have no use for a clutch but I don;t have one to brag about.
You have one and have good luck, will you still like once it gone ?
Dave
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Float Flyr
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Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:06 am Post subject: Why exactly shouldn't you run a 914 without a prop? |
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Lucien:
Dave has a video up on you tube where he hand props a 582 in the middle of
winter up to his backside in snow. While rotax has good pull cord starters
they have to come off to put on the standard electric starter. Being able
to hand prop a plane can be literally a life saver on a cold Ontario day.
Noel
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lucien
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Location: santa fe, NM
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| Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:49 pm Post subject: Re: Why exactly shouldn't you run a 914 without a prop? |
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| Float Flyr wrote: | Lucien:
Dave has a video up on you tube where he hand props a 582 in the middle of
winter up to his backside in snow. While rotax has good pull cord starters
they have to come off to put on the standard electric starter. Being able
to hand prop a plane can be literally a life saver on a cold Ontario day.
Noel
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Well, for sure if you need to be able to hand prop, no, you don't want to install the clutch. And FWIW, the clutch does have some down sides so it's not a one-size-fits-all addition.
I've always flown pushers and so they weren't ever very safe to hand start. But there was also room for the pull start too, so I wasn't in the situation of say the Kitfox. But I'd usually carry a spare rope and some extra tools enough to be able to do a field fix of a starter if the rope pulled out or something like that.
One time the handle pulled off the end of the rope on my quicksilver. luckily there was already a knot in the rope a little further downstream so it didn't suck the rope all the way into the housing. Whew... I tied another knot and took off....
LS
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