Barry Parker

Yep! Mine too.

I am 84 this October. Had a Grasshopper way back when. Took it to Bundarra to have a new prop made by the late Gordon Bedson (resurgam builder).After a faulty start I noticed that he was carving a Puller prop, instead of a pusher. Corrected problem, fitted prop, took off. Flew over rocky timbered area, BANG! big noise shake. Engine off assume glide attitude. 150 feet to ground. look for widest gap between trees. Trees appeared to move further apart as I got closer. Got through to very long grass. touched down then, Thud! Both wheel struts had gone into a table drain and snapped off. Got out and found that the starter pull cord retainer must have not retracted after starting and unwound. The heavy hard rubber cord handle had moved back far enough to catch the new prop. That took a chunk out of the wood prop, out of balance caused shaking, so it wasn't just me. Made another new prop and Col put new struts on, All Ok after that. Hint to any new owner. Make a retainer hook so starter cord cannot unwind and reach turning prop. Any item that comes out of a Grasshopper will fly back into prop. for more info email [email protected] I can't work out computers yet.