Originally Posted by
gulliBell
It's a silly switch. Why can't they just have a push to start button (like my car, and every other helicopter I've flown), and a separate spring loaded 3 way switch for testing the magnetos? Then it would be impossible to take off with a magneto inadvertently switched off, no matter how many AR's you "bump" it with.
Well, in all the years you've been flying, how many of these types of accidents have you heard about,...'cause in eighteen this is my first?