This is about hand propping your Legal Eagle or the Double Eagle. I started flying legally in 1970. I have had the misfortune to have witnessed seven hand propping accidents. I believe that I stopped one just a couple of weeks back. I warned an airline captain that what he was doing was very dangerous. […]
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Here is how to start the Briggs and Stratton engine. I usually start my VW engines from the rear and have the right hand on the throttle. When starting a cold engine, it helps to crack the throttle a tiny bit as a cold engine will condense the mixture, and there won’t be a combustible
You have got the fuselage built, and it’s on the wheels. Boy, is there a temptation to taxi it! Well, I am here to tell you don’t taxi the fuselage without the wings. It is amazing how easy it is to turn over the fuselage. Several builders have damaged their planes by giving into the idea of just
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