ORIGINAL: BillS
ORIGINAL: CiprianGugu
I don't know why you guys need to shut the engine off with the choke. I think a muck elegant idea is to cut the spark off. Look at the chain saws and weed eaters. That is the method they use. But what do I know? I am just a beginner in gas airplanes.
I would agree that cutting the spark off is a logical and elegant approach. The choke still seems jury-rigged.
Bill
I think you are missing my point,, and yes I have many friends that manual choke.. I use my choke servo to start my plane instead of manually turning on and off the choke, and I use it as a secondary means to kill the engine if necessary. Nothing jury-rigged about it.
In the future I will install an optical kill linked to the RX which will kill the engine if the RX looses power, redundancy is a good thing in large planes, but I will always have my choke servo. I guess I don't like bending down more than I have to
Ralph