Hand propping can be VERY dangerous ...
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Hand propping can be VERY dangerous ...
I found this on the 120/140 site...... Be careful out there!!
http://picasaweb.google.fr/MWChartier/B ... 1075094754
http://picasaweb.google.fr/MWChartier/B ... 1075094754
John
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handproping can be dangerous
In my skydiving days, I thought I had seen it all. It is not uncommon to have multiple people outside the aircraft for exit, but with one engine shut down, they have a good pilot. I don't know about the guy on the prop, he is wrapped too tight.
I think the appearance of centered rudders is an illusion.JJH55 wrote:I'm pretty sure I can make out 7 bodies outside the aircraft. All of them are on the same side of the aircraft as the dead engine. Anyone else think its strange that the rudders appear to be centered?
JJH
Check out the trim tab on the left rudder. Nothin' centered about that!
Bruce
Bruce Shipp
former owners of N49CP, '53 C170B
former owners of N49CP, '53 C170B
handpropping can be dangerous
It's possible this is a photoshop job but I have seen many Beech 18's with this many people outside on jump run. It is standard practice to get 3or 4 outside to make the exit faster. There is a front floater in front of the door, a rear floater and two in the door facing in. There is usually a handrail mounted above the windows. Skydivers like to do this type of stunt for the camera. As for the guy on the prop, he was gutsy. Regarding the plane, the right aileron and rudder trim tab lead me to believe this is for real.
It's definitely a good cut-and-paste/photoshop-doctored pic. (It's actually a very good job, I have to admit, .... the give-away is that a Cessna 170 cannot actually have a feathered prop.)
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
I talked to a B-18 pilot who used to haul divers. He claimed they had a rope strung on top of the wing so they could crawl out in a row and let go together. One day one load had the great idea of standing up before dropping off. When they did it killed ALL the lift to that side snapping the B-18 onto its back. Kind of like opps now what do I do?
52 170B s/n 20446
56 172 s/n 28162
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Re: Hand propping can be VERY dangerous ...
I have no idea how he broke his arm but it made me think this was the place to post this picture.
I had an instructor in A&P school with a wooden leg. He lost the original leg propping a plane. Ouch.Gary