ORIGINAL: jentzsch
I bought the Hot Shot 2 igniter and charged it all last night.
I have been tuning the engine this morning for about 30 min, no problem. ( used the igniter about a dozen times while tuning) Now it seems like the igniter is dead, as I can not get the engine started anymore.
Does that seem normal?
Yup perfectly normal especially if you left it plugged in.
The HS has about a 1300mAh 1.2v NiMH battery.
If left continuously connected to a glow plug you would get about 15-20 minutes time out of it.
Since normally we plug the ignitor in, crank the engine over, and remove the ignitor, a single charge may be good for an entire weekend ( though I carry several and charge them each night before flying... ).
I've often done exactly as you, with a stubborn engine ( usually a fuel problem ) trying to tune an engine, only to discover that the ignitor was depleted by the time I got the engine tuned up fully...
The very first charge as the manual states is supposed to be much longer. I believe it states 24 hours. It doesn't sound like you did this though.