OT. This is way off our Model T subject, but I thought some of you folks that fly may enjoy this.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=401176083333530
That's a lot different than the spring loaded starters on the the 024 and 049 motors on somoe of the model airplanes of my younger days.
100% alcohol? Is that engine fuel or refreshment for the pilot?
I guess you gotta make do with what you have. I've owned 3 airplanes, all hand propped, but that method would be a dire emergency last choice.
I can see so many ways that could go horribly wrong!
I don't see much to go wrong........except the slightest chance of a prop blade cutting the rope.
The rope was neatly wound and the truck was properly lined up so as not to pull the rope into the prop.
I think it's pretty ingenious.......
From my friend Chuck, the one with the 1912 Indian
"I remember cubs having a big rubber band the length of fuselage inside and you had a crank on the dash to wind/stretch it and you pushed in on crank to engage. ALSO FOR BIGGER ENGINES WE AT ONE TIME MADE A BOOT THAT SLIPPED OVER THE TIP OF A BLADE AND A LONG BUNGEE THAT WE STRETCHED AND THEN SOMEONE GAVE THE PROP A LITTLE PUSH TO GET THE BUNGEE OFF CTR. iVE HAND CRANKED MANY EVEN UP TO 650 HP."
Bud;
Many of our customers are aerial applicators (cropdusters); a few used to pull start 450's and even 600's on B Model AgCats. One customer in Jonesboro, AR, pulled one through and the airplane got away from him.
I have friends that work at a helicopter spraying company based in Panama City; is it still raining so much?
Bill
its a little better - 2 days without (much) rain. Feels like a drought!
60% chance of rain every day for the next week.
I've helped hand prop an AT6, but nothing as big as 600 HP. You gotta be a little crazy to be an ag pilot!
PS
Best story I ever heard about a cub was a cub salesman who claimed he could take off on a one acre plot.
He would pound an iron stake in the ground, tie it to 100 ft. of rope, loop the other end around a wing strut and then lead it into the cabin. He then climbed in and holding on to the rope would do his takeoff run in a circle until it began to fly, and would then release the rope, and off he went!
Is it just me or does that truck sound like it has a perkins diesel ?
hold on guys, while I get my rubber boots on!
By Bud Holzschuh >>>He would pound an iron stake in the ground, tie it to 100 ft. of rope, loop the other end around a wing strut and then lead it into the cabin. He then climbed in and holding on to the rope would do his takeoff run in a circle until it began to fly, and would then release the rope, and off he went!<<<
OK.....THAT made me laugh out loud.......literally!
I'm not sure if you guys are crop dusters or fertilizer salesmen!
as a former flight instructor, I'm sitting here laughing out loud. Love the circle take off story - I may even borrow that one.
Never ruin a good story with the truth, eh?
I knew I remembered seeing that story somewhere years ago. Popular Mechanics even had an illustration of him taking off.
http://books.google.com/books?id=9tkDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90&dq=popular+mechanics:+pipe r+cub&hl=en&sa=X&ei=0irgUceiAoTmiwKQr4GADw&ved=0CEcQ6AEwBQ
Thanks, Tom, for posting that!!! It took me over an hour to scroll through that magazine, and I didn't even read the whole article about the Piper Cub.
What a lot of wonderful memories that brought back!
Airspeed is airspeed, no matter how you get it.
Tom
Thanks for posting that link. I looked for it but couldn't find it!
I may have to quit my job as a fertilizer salesman ! ;o)