Originally Posted by
megan
Restarting a stopped prop in flight was a demonstration item when I started flying in my youth in the DHC-1 which had no starter. The first impression was how hard it was to get the prop to stop, the second was the amount of nose down and speed to get the thing to begin rotating again.
I remember the same experience of stopping and restarting the prop in the Chipmunk as a cadet at Henlow. I think their Chipmunks were fitted with cartridge starters but I can't remember how you already knew that you had used the last one.