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Old 3rd Oct 2004, 11:56
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Shaggy Sheep Driver
 
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I have seen a 9-cyl radial on a Yak hand-swung, but I really draw the line there.

A worry I used to have when I flew a Yak 52 was running out of air for engine start when away from home base. I certainly would not consider hand swinging. It was hard work even pulling that massive prop through before start-up; it's a big engine and being geared means you are turning it over faster than you are turning the prop, and the mechanical disadvantage vastly increases the effort required.

Hand-swinging a Yak seems like a good way to get chopped in half. You have to get up close and personal with the prop in order to put in sufficient effort to turn it - I can't imagine how you'd get away from in time if it fired up.

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