Thanks for understanding guys. The plane is an Extra EasyII Trainer(trike) with a .40 glow. Yeah, I think I'll just kill the engine from now on.........at least until I have way more experience under my belt. The plane with the engine cut won't do much damage once it's on the ground. As for reaching through the arc of the prop. YIKES! A guy that flies at the local AMA club flicked the prop. on a gasser I think, and chopped part of his thumb off from compression recoil. I learned another safety lesson today. Propellers can be dangerous even if they aren't moving. I was turning the brand now airscrew with my bare fingers with no glow starter, and was priming the engine to make sure everything runs right again. I sliced my finger on the sharp edges of that blade. Either I'm smarter now, or not as dumb as I was. Thanks for your help guys!