Hey All,

I finished building my first nitro powered plane about a month ago. I tried to start it then but discovered the glow starter was dead and the charger had gone missing, school work stopped me from continuing. Today I tried starting it with a fully charged glow starter. After fiddling for 15 minutes I couldnt get it to start. The enging is an OS LA . 40, Im using a 15% mixture fuel with the proper OS A3 glow plug. I start by putting gas in it, priming it by holding my finger over the air intake and turning the propeller two turns counterclockwise, then turning it two more revolutions to draw fuel into the engine (doing this with throttle open) then the engine is cold and new so the instructions tell me to spin the propellor abut 8-10 more times with my finger OFF the air intake. I then throttle down to 1/3 open and apply the glow starter, and proceed trying to start the engine with my chicken stick. I feel the compression and just hear a little put when spinning the prop. I have a gas rc car and know what to listen for when starting and I dont hear anything, it wont even kick for me. I tried resetting the mixture knob to the proper setting all was in check. I retested the glow plug starter and saw the plug glow so i know that works. The engine has never been started before, except the other time i tried to start it with a dead starter. The instructions say to use an electric starter, do I need to use one in order to start the engine, or should i be able to do it with the stick? I have no idea why this engine wont start. Anyone have any ideas? THanks so much!

Brad Goldberg