We Seaplane Pilots are taught to keep the yoke/stick back when taxiing and idle slowly to avoid damage to the prop by the water (water cuts steel). Heres a brief example of how props get damaged. We had a 10 knot tailwind coming in to dock at idle taxi. The wind was weather vaning the plane away from the dock so the pilot gave it a brief burst of power to turn the plane. Notice the cyclone of water created by the prop.
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 22:50:05 +0000
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