Dear RC-Fiend. I bought my engine off of ebay and it is an old OS 40-FP. My transmitter also came from ebay and is an Old Futaba-4NFB. I read through the manuals of both about 10 times (really) to get myself to a point that I felt good about starting the engine up. Although I may have missed it I am pertty sure it says nothing about how to set the engine up as to if you should be able to Kill it with the transmitter. It says plenty about setting the needle vavle and getting the engine to idle, which I can do just fine. My qeustion was if I should set it so I can kill the engine with the transmitter if needed.
Why did I buy old items from ebay you ask? Well I wanted to get into the hobby but I also have a limited budget to spend. Most of the items I bought were new old stock. So although the engine was brand new the instuctions were printed 15-20 years ago. Trust me I am in no hurry, I have been working on this plane every weekend for the past three months and, the last thing I want to do is crash it 15ft after takeoff. Although I am aware that may happen, thats why I joined this fourm to answer any qeustion I was not sure about.
Take care.
- Kenny