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Old 05-14-2013, 05:06 PM
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Todd D
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Default RE: DLE 55 electric starter


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For those inquiring about the weight of the system, the starter, battery (3S 1700 mAh), and relay added 1.1lbs to the nose of my ESM Fw-190. That allowed me to remove all of my ballast so it was a net weight gain of about 1 oz in the nose.

If you don't want to pay $30 for that controller, it's easy to rig up a system using a switch and an SPDT relay that will cost you all of $5. That's what I did since when I bought mine they had not release the controller yet.

Cheers to the OP for the nice write up!
I want one of these for my TF GS P47, are you able to energize the SPDT relay to start to motor from your transmitter, or is it a physical on/off switch on the plane?