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Old 10th Dec 2014, 09:24
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mary meagher
 
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Step Turn, that is AMAZING performance! Is it true that floats actually provide additional lift?
And Silvaire, Bevo Howard's Cub Sport has a monster engine, doesn't it!
I see it has been photographed wearing spats, and is safely chocked...makes me wonder if you have to hand prop to start?

I don't much care for hand propping, but I do pull the prop through a few times when its cold outside, very carefully. At Jack Brown's in Florida, the J3 cub on floats had a unique way of starting; I was in the back seat, the instructor would be standing outside on the float, and he would pull the prop through from behind! I was a bit nervous about that and wondered what my plan B should be if he fell overboard....
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