Buster:
O.K.... however I have never experienced such a failure in flight. I have experimented with unlocking the primer to see just what effect it has and it can or will run rough, however with the throttle in the cruise position I have never experienced a complete loss of power.
Don't get me wrong I am not saying it won't happen on some engine, carb. setups, I just never experienced it.
Another observation... with regard to a primer becoming unlocked in cruise flight, that would be a remote possibility, because if it was not properly locked after priming for the engine start it would in all likelyhood unlock either during taxi ( where it can definately stop the engine ) or during the take off climb segment of the flight.
Any further ideas on my comments? Cause I sure as hell do not pretend know everything about airplanes.
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