ORIGINAL: Charlie P.
The first was a pilot put down his ignitor, it started to roll, he reached for it and was nicked by the prop. It sent our safety officer into a tizzy and he wanted to do away with them.
A friend of mine did EXACTLY that but his nick was 18 stitches.
No reason to eliminate NiCad glow-drivers, though. These things happen. ;-) I use a field-box 12v wired plug-in glow driver.
Did you ever stick one in you pocket, the one with the keys. Gets warm doesn't it.
I quit using the sticks and went to the power pannel driver instead. I got all the way to the flight line a couple times with the big blue stick still on the engine. At least with the power pannel driver, the wires hold you back. Maybe.
Yep, guys run there engine on the bench and leave oil all over it. They run them on the ground and and leave oil all over the ground also. At least I don't step in the oil on the bench.
Don