cjohngraham
Member
I developed the normal and emergency checklists for my -7A (with carbureted O-360) from others I found online and what made sense for my airplane. However, I'm questioning the procedure for an engine fire on start, where checklists say to keep cranking in an attempt to get a start and suck the flames into the engine. All of my fuel lines are on the firewall, with exception of one leading from a red cube flow sensor to the carb. The carb intake is far forward and coupled to the cowl intake with rubber skirt, per the plans. So I'm wondering if trying to get a start is a waste of time and I should go directly to shutting off fuel. Unless the procedure is for an over-priming situation where fuel runs down inside the carb? My priming procedure is to briefly open a solenoid valve with a momentary-on rocker switch after turning on the fuel pump before start. Thoughts? How likely is it for a solenoid to stick open?