----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----An Ercoupe with wooden wings? I doubt it seriously.
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----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----On hand propping.Many many moons ago, the first ercoupe I saw (It had wooden wings) and was owned by an idiot who was to cheap to buy a battery. the hand brake was not much good either. He hand propped it and the plane got away. Several more idiots ran to intercept it and managed to hang on to one wing. The plane spun around in circles four times or so until the bravest of the idiots jumped inside and cut the engine.The damage to the wing was minimum and wouldn't you know it, not more than a month later he gave the hand propping a second try. This time the helpful idiots that tackled the plane the first time were either not around or had plenty of time to smarten up enough to stand by and the plane took off with nobody on board and flew away.Now I can imagine how stupid one must feel in that kind of situation.The plane flew on for about 12 miles and crashed into some 'caliptus trees.The damage was almost total this time.The engine was sold, the instruments removed and the fuselage was used as a pigeon coop for many years thereafter.lessons:Never get in the way of an angry propeller.Never hand prop a plane without someone inside with feet on the brakes.Never hand prop with the throttle full on.Never give up on finding a good pigeon coop, Someone is bound to disregard the above lessons.Alan FaircloughN87333============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
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