Originally Posted by
speedracerntrixie
Very possible. It just seems odd to me that you got two bad ones that were made at such different timeframes. I did follow through on my experiment. I took the generic starter that I have and cut the input wires down to 8" and soldered a Deans connector in place. I hooked up a 5 cell lipo that is just storage charged and gave it a spin. Gotta keep a firm grip as it wanted to torque out of my hands. It's a shame that I don't have anything running that I could use it on. My only glow powered airplane has a YS 140 on it with a 3" spinner. The stater I use for that is a Dynatron with a large starter cone. Not going to risk a 110.00 spinner with a small starter cone LOL.
yes I agree that it is odd that I would have two so different in age, that both don't work right. I expected them both to want to torque out of my hand too when I first tried them and was somewhat surprised that they were so mild mannered. I really can't imagine that what little use the older one got, would wear it out. I know that all it ever started was a ST.40 engine in a Kadet trainer. the radio that was in the Kadet was a Futaba ATTAC 4 ch. that has a gold sticker, so I assume the starter was still used sometime after the early 90's..