ORIGINAL: ec121
Hat's off the the posters. I can't believe that no one took the bait in my post about starting a 33% on a bench. Must be a pretty mannerly bunch of folks. Or MAYBE they have club members who actually do it. Usually someone would call me a moron and flame me for doing it. It would take some kind of bench and cojones to really do it.
Believe it or not, one of the clubs I am in has a large bench at the end for the larger planes and what is amazing is that guys use it. One guy puts his 50cc gasser on there religiously. I have heard him say and sweet having that stand for his larger planes is. He straps the back of the plane down and does all sort of work and it makes it much easier than bending down. After his initial pre-flight and other checks he usually starts from the ground and flies.