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Old 12th Apr 2014, 08:34
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Aussie Bob, you do not shut off fixed wing engines using magnetos. Any hot spot in the cylinder is waiting to cook off the fuel load and the prop can kill someone. The Bell47 is shut down by offing the mags as the cut off was removed. No danger off rotation of rotor as the clutch is disengaged
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