Soleair Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 you gotta love those bush pilots! Bruce 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bikky Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Aah Brazil! We don't have mains gas here. Gas bottles (13kg) are delivered by motorbike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 I have a $2000, near-new-but knackered 3 blade prop hanging in my shed that picked up a length of rope off the ground whilst the engine was being run up (thankfully not one of my follies). My twisted little brain is trying to imagine the carnage if perchance the tail end of the Brazilian 'pull start' rope got intimate with the ag duster propellor with the ute tied on to the other end. Seems to me he didn't stop that far away. Maybe I'm just a nancy? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Isaac Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 It was a common method during the war and relatively safe if done correctly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 This clip appeared a year or two back, and someone responded with a pic of a team of blokes pulling a rope around a Gooney Bird's prop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanabigaplane Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I have seen a similar picture - it was on the front page of NT news back in the 70's. It showed a picture of the passengers on the rope starting the engine of a Maparta DC3 in Indonesia. The article said that it is common to start the engine this way using a jeep, but in this case the agent had already left the airfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 It was done in PNG plenty of times with DC-3's. A 14 cylinder Radial turns over smoothly especially with the throttle nearly closed. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Mistake there. I think they are 18 cylinders. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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