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Glow driver clip - 10/25/2007 9:39:35 PM   
s-10promod


 

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Status: offline 		Who sells the best clip for the Radio South glow drivers for use with Nelsons?
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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/25/2007 10:31:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		S-10 - I asked a buddy of mine that races the same question. His opinion was the one that Darrol Cady has on his website, if he has them in stock, is the best. The others are pretty much a maintenance item, you gotta watch them for cracks in the plastic, etc.

I'll be interested to see what sort of additional opinions you get here, I'm looking for the same info.


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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/25/2007 10:32:33 PM   
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Status: offline 		This is the best one I've found. Unfortunately his website says "out of stock".

http://www.hmracinginc.com/product.php?id=28

Edited for grammar.

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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/25/2007 10:40:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'm waiting for an answer from H&M for when they will have more of their clips in stock.

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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 2:21:43 AM   
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Status: offline 		Order from Darrol. His fits the Radio South units

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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 2:46:24 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ive got some input on this subject.
I have a pro driver and Darrols clip.
at a race recently , I noticed that the wire terminals at the clip were a little loose. I tightned them up and set the driver aside. a few seconds later i noticed that the driver was smoking!!! after tightning the screws on the clip they protruded through and touched each other and shorted out the driver. so be carefull not to tightned the screws too much, causing a short. The clip works well other than this flaw.

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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 5:00:10 AM   
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Status: offline 		I like the H&M clip myself, I have an extra on the board for reserve, but I'm not sure they are still available. Magnum makes a decent clip, but I still don't think it is as nice as the H&M version.

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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 5:08:07 AM   
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Status: offline 		Daven, Do you have a link for the Magnum clip?

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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 5:54:28 AM   
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ORIGINAL: PylonDave

Ive got some input on this subject.
I have a pro driver and Darrols clip.
at a race recently , I noticed that the wire terminals at the clip were a little loose. I tightned them up and set the driver aside. a few seconds later i noticed that the driver was smoking!!! after tightning the screws on the clip they protruded through and touched each other and shorted out the driver. so be carefull not to tightned the screws too much, causing a short. The clip works well other than this flaw.

Actually after just 1 season my clip cracked in half. I tried to fix it with some metal landing gear straps but I really got fed up with it and used a Sullivan I had on hand. A cheap alternative. Fabricating one from a clothespin is always an option.

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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 12:46:52 PM   
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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 1:14:54 PM   
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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 2:21:33 PM   
PylonDave



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Status: offline 		I just bought a couple of the one's at hobbypeople. They work good and there is no way they with short out.

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RE: Glow driver clip - 10/26/2007 2:57:01 PM   
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Status: online 		Mine cracked too.. I couldn't figure out why the clip fell off every time I put the starter to the engine..

I cleaned it up and glued it back together.. I don't know how long that will last but so far it's working..


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RE: Glow driver clip - 11/8/2007 5:55:40 AM   
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Status: offline 		That Hobby people clip is the same one that came with my driver and cracked. I actually like my Sullivan clip. http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFU05&P=7

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RE: Glow driver clip - 11/8/2007 11:55:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		I use the Magnum clip. I use the Radio South MKII driver, the little yellow one "stock" from Horizon Hobby. I solder in the Deans Ultra connector a few inches from the driver. And carry both the Magnum clip with a male deans connector soldered to the wires, and a set of aligator clips with the male deans connector soldered up. That just makes it easier to change should the Magnum clip fail. So far so good though, the Magnum clip has a couple years on it.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=RAD3200

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RE: Glow driver clip - 1/12/2008 2:59:21 AM   
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Status: offline 		Not quite what you were asking for but heres my solution.
A little jb weld some heat shrink and I can use a regular glow driver.



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RE: Glow driver clip - 1/12/2008 5:57:51 AM