George- I am in the process of converting my TG F-15 to turbine using my RAM 500. The original starter on the RAM has been a problem and the cost to convert to the heavier Bendix is nearly $300.00 so wanting to save money and weight and add a FOD screen I made my wand shown below. I have made two bench runs with this set up but has not been flown yet. Picture No. 1 is with FOD screen in running position. Pic #2 FOD screen is hinged and shown in start position. My Start Wand has a fiberglass shell that fits the nose of the RAM 500 to hold it straight during the starting process. I plug the Wand Starter motor into the normal starter cable of the ECU so I can use the normal auto start feature. The rest of the pictures are the starting wand.

I hope to fly the F-15 at Chatfield when we get some flying weather.