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Old 03-14-2007 | 03:43 PM
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Default Hand starting procedure...

Every once in a while, I will have a full tank of gas and be prepared for a nice 10-15 minute flight. I'll taxi out to the runway and my engine will stop for various reasons (it may stall when I go full throttle or I hit a bump and the prop digs into the dirt, etc.). So I end up having to walk my plane all the way back to where my starter and glow plug hot-shot are located, then restart and taxi all the way back to the runway.

I haven't hand started my engine yet, but I'd like to be able to stick my hot-shot into to pocket just in case the above senario happens and hand start the engine at the runway.

What is the proper hand starting procedure? I've seen other pilots turn the prop clockwise a few times, then forward, then put the hot-shot on the glow plug. What's the right way to do it?