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tow-bar on Rallye fits in the port side of the tyre spindle only, there is no corresponding starbd fitting e.g. unlike a Cessna. Provided there is no load it can be rotated to steer the nose-wheel. Any force and it keeps falling out. When one's-self is ground handling it can be quite a hand full, one hand holding the tow-bar the other pulling-pushing on the prop.
Cold starts, my intention is to pass over compression, then the starter has a half turn to spin up before being loaded. The 220 hp Franklin six has a significant compression and the starter will often not start to turn or labour heavily against initial compression.
Thanks for confirming battery information.
Have also used a Rotax, where rotation is required to clear sump oil. Would prefer a safer procedure.
Following this thread I shall take extra care. The Cessna 150 incident and loss of watch incident above really catches the attention - too close for comfort. Remember the one in USA where a Piper Cub owner was single-handed and was swinging the prop without anyone inside. It started flew itself for 5 miles and landed itself undamaged. The owner was lucky on two counts, firstly getting out of the way of the forward charging propeller and second to avoid a wreck.