Glow Plug worries
01-25-2010, 06:06 AM
#101
Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Posts: 1,324
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Glow Plug worries
Are you happy with the header length and pipe dimensions on that engine? What are you using? What rpm range are you operating it in? Is it in a standard DF installation or are you running a prop on it? It seems that you are getting a lot of detonation at your normal operating rpm, based on the plug destruction going on.
01-25-2010, 06:33 AM
#102
My Feedback: (2)
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Hervey Bay Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Posts: 2,995
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Glow Plug worries
It is a standard DF set up. Airframe is a Grumman Panther. I am unsure of what the pipe is. The engine does not seem to be pre-igniting although I am not experienced with DF set ups.
01-25-2010, 03:33 PM
#103
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Upplands Vasby, SWEDEN
Posts: 7,816
Likes: 0
Received 3 Likes
on
3 Posts
RE: Glow Plug worries
Hi!
Use a cold plug like the Rossi 6 or 7 (8 is the coldest).
In F3D pylon racing we used the coldest Rossi plug (Rossi 8) before the Nelson plug came about in 1991.
Use a cold plug like the Rossi 6 or 7 (8 is the coldest).
In F3D pylon racing we used the coldest Rossi plug (Rossi 8) before the Nelson plug came about in 1991.
