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So there I was, minding my own business, just trying to start the plane.
First crank, starter doesn't engage. Ok, second crank, horrid horrid noise as starter engages. Shut everything down and got out to take a look at the front of the engine compartment, where the starter is.
See the picture above for what I found.
There was also scoring on the inside of the brass fitting, and a nick on the inside of the casing.
The prop would not rotate in the opposite direction of its normal motion. So I moved it slightly down, in its normal spinning direction, and just heard "click click click click" as it moved. I only moved it a few inches, to see if it would move.
Kinda glad things fell apart on the ground...
Think the housing could break inflight, if it was already cracked?
Sounded and it appeared there was more to it than just the starter.
Any thoughts on what would cause the housing to break open like that?
So there I was, minding my own business, just trying to start the plane.
First crank, starter doesn't engage. Ok, second crank, horrid horrid noise as starter engages. Shut everything down and got out to take a look at the front of the engine compartment, where the starter is.
See the picture above for what I found.
There was also scoring on the inside of the brass fitting, and a nick on the inside of the casing.
The prop would not rotate in the opposite direction of its normal motion. So I moved it slightly down, in its normal spinning direction, and just heard "click click click click" as it moved. I only moved it a few inches, to see if it would move.
Kinda glad things fell apart on the ground...
Think the housing could break inflight, if it was already cracked?
Sounded and it appeared there was more to it than just the starter.
Any thoughts on what would cause the housing to break open like that?