shd3920

I need a glowplug ignitor for my 1/2A scales. Pictured below is a Wasp engine I have installed and the ignitor I have.
As you can see in the pic there is a ringed gap around the glowplug and a normal size ignitor will not clip on and lock.

Any ideas?

fizzwater2

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I used to fly some planes with cowled engines, and only a small hole above the plug center contact was open. I used a pair of alligator clips, insulated, one to grab the plug center conductor, one to grab the protruding needle valve - it worked fine.

I bought a clothespin style plug clip a while back that had alligator clips on the other end of the wire for connecting to a battery from a control line supplier. I have a Deans 2-pin connector on the output of my plug driver, and after cutting the wires in two and putting on a couple of deans male plugs, I now have both a clothespin type, and a pair of alligator clips that will work with my plug driver..

I'm not a real big fan of those "hang the battery on the plug" glow plug drivers. Lately I've been using a radio south driver, but I just got a new 2V battery for my old trusty Globee "fireplug"

BSARGE

I have the same engine and glo starter. It won't lock onto a wasp .061 you either need to have another person to hold it on the plug while you start it, or you could get one of these:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXFU06&P=0

Dave has a similar or maybe the same thing as it hooked up to his rechargable glow battery, and it seems to work great!

-Bill

shd3920

I found these http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXL338&P=7 and I was wondering if I could connect them to my charger and the engine as suggested by fizzwater2?

If yes, which color wire goes to the glowplug and which to the needle valve?

rainedave

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This is what you want. It clips onto your 1/2A glowhead and plugs into your Ni-Starter:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXBWL9&P=7

They work as good as anything else I've tried.

I put heavier wire on mine and a Deans connector. I use two Sanyo 1300mah SC cells in parallel and it lasts all day between charges.

David

shd3920

Perhaps I will, but I am curious as to whether these would work
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXL338&P=7
But as I asked which wire goes to plug and which to needlevalve?

fizzwater2

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doesn't make any difference which wire goes to which one, the glow plug doesn't care.

rainedave

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I guess that would work, but it's a lot more complicated than just using the clip that's designed to fit a 1/2A glowhead.

David

BSARGE

Yeah the one David has is more simple and it works great...I am actually going to duplicate his....

-Bill

Andrew

I use the same one David has, but I left the adapter on. I can then use the same ignitor and battery for other engines.

lildiesel

I thought that Radio Shack designed their small alligator clips just for us 1/2A guys.