Originally Posted by
lucille
Yes. I had seen photos of rope starting DC-3 / C47; luckily there were plenty of staff on hand and presumably an appropriate sling.
It was a post in a different thread (which, peculiarly, has since vanished) which stated they had rope started a fuel injected Islander in the highlands of PNG which particularly intrigued me.
Can someone explain how to rope start a BN-2 with a two bladed prop and a spinner. There’s obviously some neat trick which I’m missing.
I started an Islander with a rope. Talair, 38 years ago in PNG. Had a dummy run first with the mags off. Wrapped the rope over itself initially and then maybe 4 to six times around the spinner. Test proved the rope came away freely. Had three of us on the rope as best I can remember. Worked well. I think it was my last flight on type with Talair.