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Originally Posted by rotorwrench
I have several aircraft engine starters that were broken apart due to engine kick back. The aircraft have a starting aid that allows for retarded ignition timing of one or both magnetos for starting but now and then the starting aid or aids will die and cause kick back.
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Is this a round engine thing? All the Lycomings and Continentals I've flown didn't have anything like that cockpit controllable. I did have a mechanic one day show me the "spring wound rewind starter" aspect of the magneto at start to get a good spark at low rpm.
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Originally Posted by rotorwrench
The term Ford fracture was coined from people who didn't retard the timing for one reason or another and the hand crank will give them the jolt of a lifetime if they aren't taking precautions against possible kick back.
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Maybe we should placard the crank handle with "No crank without spark retarded"