Props are nothing but very rapidly rotating knives designed to CUT the air. So guess what they do to anything else that gets in their way? You got it!

Anyhow, I hope that I might have prevented even one person from getting bitten like I did. If so, it's all worth it. If not, you boneheads need to wake up and listen to experience. I learned the hard painful way. You don't have to. Trust me when I say that they (props) will hurt your tiny little fingers and hands, whether they be on electric motors or HUGE gas engines.

I was starting my G-38 this past sunday and got a minor ding on the same thumb that got messed up. This thing has a spring starter on it and trying to start it, the prop slipped out of my hand after only about 1/4 revolution of winding it up and smacked my thumb. I said a BAD WORD! Even being careful I still got bit. Thank God for super glue. Two drops, a quick wipe and I went back to flying. Oh Well!