ORIGINAL: CGRetired
We have benches at our fields that have vertical 2 X 6's on both sides of the front of the stand that the leading edge of the wing rests against during starting.
Unfortunately, this does not help for an engine that may start up backwards, but when they do start backwards, they usually will not accelerate. However, that may not be the case every time.
CGr.
Yup, most engines will stall out as the throttle is increased as the porting and timing is off for reverse operation.
I WISH our club would install the vertical slats on our workbenches.
All too often I arrive to find people ( particularly we of the older group ) starting their planes on the workbenches, as this is easier on their backs and sight... The club prohibits this, but it occurs ALL the time... I've offered to install slats or build seperate startup tables myself... and this was shot down with "they should NOT be starting planes like this"....