Hi!

As my cut fingers will prove, I am a newbie to RC in general and I have a couple of questions about starting these diesels. I have already learned the hard way to use a chicken stick, but my question is how far do you screw the compression screw in to start the engine. Does it have to push down on the head to increase compression or does simply screwing it in make the head more compressed? I have two engines, on one you can turn the screw all the way in and it still wont touch the head, the other one does touch and allows for a little play, hence my confusion.

Also, you choke your engine by covering the venturi and flipping the prop a couple of times, right?

Thanks,

Canabian