Glad to hear it nothing got sliced off!
What I am super-paranoid about is getting cut when removing the glow driver stick. With the inverted Saito on my H9 Clipped-wing Cub, the glow plug is up in the cowl a bit, behind the cylinder, pointing aft. I'm always worried that my forearm will get into the prop arc as I hold the plane while trying to get that dadgum stick off.
Thinking about going with an onboard McDaniels driver for this very reason!
ORIGINAL: CGRetired
I got my initiation with an electric with reversed throttle.
Now that will flat-out bite quicker than a cotton-mouth! I've had the same thing happen, but at least I was out of the way and didn't get hit...tore up some stuff, though, before I could get it under control. Now I follow the directions like I should have done, and pull the prop on an electric before I power it up for the first time.