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Old 02-10-2007 | 02:08 PM
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Default RE: Gas engine starting

Are you having problems getting it started by hand? Or maybe your just scared to put your hand in there and flip it?

Don't be scared. Get a leather glove. Flip it hard and fast. You'll be fine. 32cc isn't that big. You ever seen anyone using a starter on a 100cc or 150cc?

It's just not necessary to use a starter on a gas engine unless your having problems actually flipping it fast enough to make the magneto generate a spark in the coil. I don't run my gas engines on magneto. I convert all of them to electronic ignition. You can flip the engines with your index finger and they will fire, because the electronic ignition unit isn't dependant n rotational speed to make a spark. It has a sensor and it sparks no matter how fast the propeller is spinning. Electronic igntion will spark at 1RPM speed.

Most magneto ignition units take about 400--600RPM to get a good spark. That means you need to flip them really hard/fast and have the prop set perferctly in the right position so that your hand is moving fastest just before the magnets go past the coil pickup. Not always easy. I once flipped a G-62 about 400 times trying to start it. Never did get it to run. Went home mad and promptly slapped an electronic ignition unit on it. Now it's just a couple flips on choke untill she pops. Turn the choke off and set to high idle. 2 or 3 flips. Putter Putter Putter.