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Originally Posted by Kurushio
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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
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Just because you don't see the prop moving....doean't mean that it isn't. High shutter speeds and low engine revs would give that sort of picture. More then the shadows, I would say it's real because his clothes suit the time era of the plane...'60s. Who would go into that much detail?
Maybe he's taking a bird out of an exhaust pipe...or doing something to it. Most probably he's just showing off...I mean, a bit conveniant you have a photo plane at that moment.
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The prop did stop and is stopped. He killed the engine - maybe accidently for the photoshoot. Now to share my theory on what is happening here:
Those kind of aircraft lack a 'starter'. The only way to get it going is to 'hand-crank' it. From what I am guessing, his dive is not enough to get it turning on its own since his top speed in that kind of aircraft is rather pathetic, and that is coupled to the fact that this is a fixed pitch propeller. So I think he is trying to give his prop a 'helping hand' to get it to start turning in the wind before he has to make a dead stick landing in someones neighborhood.
Problem with this idea is that it could make this guy a member of the Darwin awards if he screws up. Who knows, maybe his other job is wing walking at an airshow so he is used to these kinds of stunts??!!
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And the photo plane was just on hand to capture this moment of madness? Pretty big coincidence. Apart from anything, I'm pretty sure he can't reach the prop...let alone give it a good twirl to get it started.
edit: Ok, a piper cub is hand cranked....corrected myself there |
He doesn't need a good whirl - he already has mother nature (the wind) giving him a hand!