NFB – Bush Pilot: Reflections on a Canadian Myth

[ScudRunner-d95]

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[Chuck Ellsworth]

Anyone here ever had to hand crank a Norseman with the inertia starter?

[ScudRunner-d95]

Hand bombed an islander for about 40 hours of flying before I could get the starter replaced.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Hand cranking a Norseman with the inertia starter is a process where you put a crank in the starter and crank the inertia starter up to a speed where you can engage it and the clutch engages the starter to turn the engine and hopefully start it.


It takes a lot of energy to turn the crank by hand and it also takes a lot of turning to get the inertia starter up to a high enough RPM to engage it.


And you are standing on the float while doing this.


In other words you have to be in real good physical condition to do it. ;)

[ScudRunner-d95]

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