Lights during engine start

[Big Pistons Forever]

Originally Posted by Slopey

And might be worth leaving the beacon switch on permanently - if you have left the aircraft and have the keys etc, and the beacon is still on, you're gonna get a flat battery! Good visual indication that the master has been left on.

That is what I teach and it has saved my butt more than once

[tmmorris]

On the subject of 'clear prop', A and C very sensibly pointed out to me that the order of my AFE PA28 checklist:

prime
call 'clear prop'
keys in, operate starter

gives too little time for people to react to the 'clear prop' call, and too much time fiddling around with keys for the primed fuel to drip down and cause an engine fire on start. I've modified it to

call 'clear prop'
identify correct key, keys in, don't turn
prime
immediately operate starter

This gives people 5-10 seconds to react to the 'clear prop' call as well as priming immediately before start.

Tim

[Piper.Classique]

I did it once, cowling off, car very close to wing, careful not to allow the prop to get tangled up in jump leads, start, run for long enough to start itself, stop, disconnect, refit cowling, move car, re-start (only just). Pain in the ass, not recommended.

Depends where the battery is. ours is in the back. Jump leads through the window and four dzus to put the panel back

[Maoraigh1]

In January 1991, we got a jump start for our Jodel DR1050 from the AA at Perth. We had bought it at Bodmin, and were bringing it to Inverness. It enabled the engine to get warmed up before we stopped the engine, replaced the cowling, and handswung it.