ORIGINAL: sniperdude
ORIGINAL: B.L.E.
OS recommends using an electric starter only on all of their engines now, two and four stroke. I don't know why, maybe a CYA thing. It didn't make me run to the hobby store and buy an electric starter for my .46 FX. Starts so easy that it makes you wonder why people even bother with electric starters. Joe Wagner reviewed the new .56 Alpha 4S in the latest Model Aviation and stated that he had no problems hand starting it, in spite of OS recommending an electric starter only.
yea, i didnt use and electric starter at first either on my .46 os on my nextstar until oneday it kicked back on me twice and i still have the scar. i probably could have gotten stitches but i used some CA to close it up. from then on im a wimp on started manually.
I never said that I start my engine using my fingers. I use a stick if I flip the engine through compression to start it, when back flipping, I grab the prop by the spinner. An electric starter doesn't guarrantee that you won't injure yourself, most of the really bad accidents happened with engines that were already running.