Tinstaafl:
From your profile it is difficult to determine if you are a licensed, working flight instructor.
In any event I had assumed you and I are discussing the an unlocked primer causing a complete engine failure in flight in the air.
Then this morning I went back and read all the posts on this subject and I note your opinion is based on that you can extrapolate.
Flying instructors have a duty to teach and pass on information based on facts, not their ability to "extrapolate" in the discussion we are having regarding unlocked primers the facts are that a light aircraft engine such as for instance the Cessna 150 can stop at idle RPM on the ground, however the stoppage could also have been attributed to carb. ice something that is normal for this engine..Cont. 0-200.
Once again I stand by my statement, a unlocked primer will not on its own cause a complete engine stoppage in flight under cruise power, where I came into this discussion.
Please do me a favour and find positive proof that shows my statement to be incorrect.
Now I hope this will end this discussion and you have a nice day.
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The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no.