Holy Backwardness!!!!!
i know it is spinnning backwards....... because it IS spinning backwards. cranking it over clockwise until it strarts with a starter motor..... and seeing it come to a stop, i am 100% unequivicably without a doubt certain it is spinning clockwise.
now for the prop thing. if you where to hold the prop as it would sit on the crank....."master airscrew" to the front........ spin it backwards slowly, at the root of the blade, it will screw into the air.... and pull the acft forward. Honest it will.
i dunno, it really flies like that.....