Originally Posted by
airraptor
guess i am an idiot in waynes eyes too. if you really get wacked by the prop the glove wont help prevent broken fingers.
wayne sounds like youre an old crusty guy lol I have learned that trying to force my way of doing things on others isnt a good thing.
i tried the glove and found it harder to do.
main thing is never wrap your fingers around the prop or what i do.
Everyone has there own way of starting, flying and building, it's all good. I use a glove becouas the sharp trailing edge of the prop is hard on my fingers as I start. I like the physicality of flipp starting my gas engines. I would rather have the prop hit my glove covered finger then a bare finger. I have seen to many prop strikes in my short time here with lots of blod, EMS and stitches. The worst was from an APC electric, man I avoied electrics like a loaded gun. I just hunker down and get hyper concentraited, has worked for hundreds of starts for me. There was a time when my DLE85 (subject of this thread) was missbehaving and would not start. I threw my arm out and really wished I had a starter. Took me months to recover.
TB