The video says it all!
Why would one hand prop a Cirrus?
If the battery was flat, that’s not a good procedure because you will be taking off with a flat battery. If the starter motor was broken, the aircraft was probably not airworthy.
Video not available! But the result is visible.
The only reason I see to hand start a 310hp engine is for an early morning gym exercise
The original youtube video cannot be embedded. This one works
So he attempts hand propping alone without having put chocks on the aircraft? And standing in front of the propeller? Some people shouldn’t have a pilot’s license.
Watch the video carefully. He was not alone. There is a passenger in the right seat that jumps out of the airplane when it starts rolling.
It took me a few tries to see the person. E is visible behind the plane at times 12s-15s of the video.
Sorry – I could not resist – nothing new then?
However you slice it a Seminole is still a slow plane!