ORIGINAL: piper_chuck
Joshua, what's your plan if you sever an artery starting or adjusting the engine? If nobody else is there, do you think you can deal with it alone?
I can't agree more with what Chuck just said. I never go to the flying field by myself. We had a pilot once that got cut by the prop and as we were taking him to the emergency room he passed out, he had lost enough blood to actually pass out. If we hadn't been there he would have been unable to drive himself to the emergency room. Because of this I like to have somebody else at the field when I fly.
Ken