Okay folks, we're talkin' about a Rascal Forty here. Now I agree with the "safety" issue, but there are times when it goes too far to truly benefit the hobby. Tack on a glow driver w/ battery on a Rascal Forty and you might as well kiss the performance of the plane goodbye.

Now on a club trainer, as Ladyflier mentions she has, it may or may not be beneficial to the student. Consider that the student learns on the trainer, and all he has to do is flip a switch and start the motor. Does he or she ever learn how to use a standard glow driver? Is it not wise to, instead of applying a crutch to the learning curve, have the student learn safe STANDARD starting procedures instead of sending them out into the R/C aircraft world dependant on a glow driver?

Take the crutches away and you will train more accomplished R/C pilots better suited to safely handle their engines.

Now for applications where the plug is inaccessible, a remote glow adapter is the way to go. The only reason one should need a glow driver is if the plane is so light that a 2000 rpm idle will not allow the plane to remain still, and a 200 rpm drop will do so, or it has a multi-cylinder engine. Granted, some model can benefit from the added extra weight either fore or aft, but if it doesn't need the wieght, why bother?

Just showing another side of this coin. We're all free to do whatever we want to do to our planes, but some things should be pointed out when discussing the benefits of a particular product... Those things being the cons as well as the pros.