Remove Before Flight flags

[blueldr]

Maybe George Horn screws around longer after engine start than I used to. Early on, when I first got my C-170B, I turned the fuel off after shut down. Then one day I cranked up, not far from the run up pad , and lined up to go, I jabbed "Clydes Pride" in the butt and made it about 100 feet down the runway when it got real quiet. From then on, I only turmed the fuel off when parked leaning one way or the other or for some other reason than just shutting things down.

[DaveF]

Ever notice how little fuel flows from the gascolator when the fuel selector is off?

[Bill Hart]

Before I own my 170 I owned a 182. I can tell you that that airplane would not even start with the fuel selected off. I had been out changing the oil on that airplane one day and left my 6 year old in the cockpit for a few minutes while I did something??? Well the next time I got in the airplane to fly the engine would not start. After more troubleshooting that I want to admit it was discovered that the fule selector was in the O.F.F. position. lessons learned? Don’t leave a kid in the airplane ever and use that stinking piece of paper.

[n3833v]

With my valve turned off, I couldn't get 2 hangers away. With the valve off, I get about a teaspoon of fuel out of the gasolator. I also turn the selector to one side or the other to stop fuel from right to left side.

John