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more than an hour this morning trying to get the Cirrus Major started
I have no idea what kind of starter would be involved in this, so I don't have a comment relative to this event. However, in refering to the duty cylces of many common stater motors, "an hour" of trying to start an engine would equate to about 3 total minutes (appropriately separated by cooling periods). More than that and you're probably cooking the starter motor.
Yes I was trying to start my Cirrus for a hour but I wasn't cranking for all that time ! And no i didn't totally flatten the battery, the petrol tractor that I use as a tug would not start either it was to cold as well, with hind sight I suppose I should have put a electric fan blower heater blowing in to the engine bay for a while as W100 oil is like syrup when below freezing !
Austerwobbler