"You were lucky the bendix didn't engage. In your case it sounds like the bendix drive pin may have sheared."
A sheared pin is a fully floating bendix drive head, nose down attitude it is possible to engage the flywheel.
And so I don't. TCM "generally" when starter spins but not prop is "safer" to hand start than a Lyco for mechanical reasons. A Friday arvo beer has killed many a willing highly trained pilot from experts that will never pass a LAME test, by fly real well.
Last edited by Band a Lot; 14th Jan 2016 at 08:11.