Originally Posted by
FormerDairyFarmer
The same excess richness that can cause an engine to start backwards can also kick the prop off and just as forcefully as too lean can.
Don't you break in at an overly rich mixture? As in far richer than flight mixture? How come the prop never gets ejected during those rich break-in runs?
Ive only ever lost a prop once. Too lean.
Sorry, I know I said I'd stay out of the Saito threads... But losing a prop due to being too rich sounded fishy. Nothing personal.