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Old 02-23-2006 | 04:56 PM
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Default RE: Evolution Spark Plugs

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The NGK plug you refer to is not the correct match. It has a projected electrode tip.

The correct matches to the Brisk UR 17 specified by MVVS/EVO for their motors are the following, which both work perfectly, when the top of the terminal is removed:

* Champion RDJ8J

* NGK BMR6F

Both are resistor plugs. I bought one of each.

I prefer the NGK as the insulator is a little shorter, and will not compress the spring in the plug cap as mutch. Also it is also easier to cut off the NGK plug's terminal top as it has a traditional screw thread nut you can remove, making for a thinner terminal post, whereas the Champion has a thick solid terminal, meaning it takes longer, and is slightly more tricky to take off the top cleanly. But really, both are a 1 minute job with a steady hand and your dremel cutting wheel or mini hack saw. I modified my plug by holding it sideways in a vice gripping the metal plug body which I wrapped in a bit of rag for scuff protection.

That said, I have used the champion RDJ8J (minus the terminal) in my MVVS 26 IFS as the mainstay plug from the start, and it has worked perfectly. The RDJ7J and RDJ6J I also tried early on ( I went a little OTT with plugs) were a little cool, and didn't develop a nice light tan colour on the insulator nose in my application.

OT:

Last week end I killed my MVVS 26 after two years weekly flying in a major instance of aeromodelling earth ~sky zen (when aircraft and terra firma become as one). I liked it so much I may get another.


Happy flying

fiery