> >>>>>BTW: It is not possible to air-start a 912S in any case.<<<<<<
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Hi Ira,
I air start the 912S in my Ximango all the time. Very easy to do and
necessary if I run the battery down when soaring because I'm running my
transponder, 2 varios and boombox off the battery.
All I have to do is push the nose over until I get to about 100 knots, flip
on the mag switches, unfeather the prop and the engine starts right up. In
fact, I had to demonstrate several air starts as a condition of getting my
motorglider rating. As a general rule of thumb I observe a lower limit for
engine off ops in the Ximango of 1500' agl in order to give myself enough
room to perform an air start should it become necessary. That big old fat
Hoffman prop on my Ximango doesn't have any trouble spinning the 912S fast
enough to start at just over 100 kts. Air starts might be difficult with
skinny Warp Drive blades, though. That might be what John Hurst was
referring to.
Regards,
John Lawton
Whitwell, TN (TN89)
N245E - Flying
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