Perplexing failure mode of a C182 engine

[India Four Two]

ETOPS,

Here's our "gorilla", towing me back to the hangar! A very interesting character. He used to own a 182, now flies a 185 and part-owns a Stinson 108 (which I flew to Oshkosh in) and a Stinson Gullwing.

He told me he had hand-propped his 182 before, having tested that he could do it, prior to going on hunting trips to back-country strips, with the potential for being marooned. I have only hand-propped four-cylinder Lycomings and Gypsy Majors, so I was a bit dubious about him being able to do it, particularly with a three-bladed prop. However, he did it twice!

This morning when talking to him about ST's and BPF's advice, he did admit that he woke up feeling sore and had to think for a while, about what he did yesterday!

Step Turn,

Thanks for that very detailed write-up. I have flown 182s off and on since the 1970s and this is the first time I've ever heard any of this information about the starter. I am staggered that it is not more common knowledge. You've done the community a great service.