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RE: Cordless drill for engine starter - 2/11/2013 5:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		I also bought a Sullivan Megatron at a garage sale for $100 that looked real nice. I knew the original deceased owner and watched him start his DA50's many times with the starter on 12V


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RE: Cordless drill for engine starter - 2/11/2013 2:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		That's an expensive starter too. I've gotten several of them over the years in large lots, and I bought my first basic starter on Ebay for about $10. I totally get it when a new flyer doesn't want to spend more money on support equipment than he already has on the airplane, but this is an area where the only safe and reliable way to save money is to learn the skills of hand propping an engine. Most of us use electric starters for a good reason- hand propping is hard to do. There's nothing worse than being out at the flying field on a great day and have to mess with an engine that doesn't want to start.

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RE: Cordless drill for engine starter - 2/11/2013 5:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Iv got A Freind Thats Been Flying For 7yrs Using Mine To Give A Opion And He Already Has Said That He Would Rather Use My Adapter With A Drill He Already Has THan Tote A Starter And Battery Around To Start His Plane He Likes It So Much I Cant Get Him To Give It Back It Looks Like I May Have To Make Another One For Myself Im Not Saying its For Everyone If You Got To Buy A Drill To Them Its There Choice But I Already Had A 14.4 Dewalt Cordless And A Dw100 Corded Drill To use it with It With the cup Coste 10 Buck And The Holesaw Cost 29.96 I Think It Was With tax And Time To make It 15 to 20min So 39.96 and 20min is worth it to me not drag a battery around just giving people a option thats all

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RE: Cordless drill for engine starter - 2/11/2013 6:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Iv got A Freind Thats Been Flying For 7yrs Using Mine To Give A Opion And He Already Has Said That He Would Rather Use My Adapter With A Drill He Already Has THan Tote A Starter And Battery Around To Start His Plane He Likes It So Much I Cant Get Him To Give It Back It Looks Like I May Have To Make Another One For Myself Im Not Saying its For Everyone If You Got To Buy A Drill To Them Its There Choice But I Already Had A 14.4 Dewalt Cordless And A Dw100 Corded Drill To use it with It With the cup Coste 10 Buck And The Holesaw Cost 29.96 I Think It Was With tax And Time To make It 15 to 20min So 39.96 and 20min is worth it to me not drag a battery around just giving people a option thats all



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RE: Cordless drill for engine starter - 2/11/2013 6:38 PM   
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Status: online 		Like you said, if you already have the drill, the adapter isnt a big deal. I started many a cantankerous G-62 with it. I dont use it that often but it sure helps when debugging an engine problem.
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RE: Cordless drill for engine starter - 2/11/2013 6:45 PM   
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