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Old 01-25-2009 | 10:21 PM
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Default RE: electric starter


ORIGINAL: gaRCfield

It would be nice if the website mentioned any of this.

They say the starter is enough for a 1.80, recommend the power core, and don't say anything about using a larger cone.

Thanks for your help guys.
Yeah so much of this hobby involves "black arts" and "arcane magic"...

This is typical of a manufacturer seeing a need, acting to fill it, but forgetting to test them theirselves and then explain things to the end user... Which is often typical... You have encountered this yourself several times already!

BTW: The "power core" 12v T.H. recommends is not worth purchasing... I wished they would merely sell a package to store whichever batteries we select instead.

I gutted my Power Core , and replaced the abyssmaly weak 12v battery with a pair of racing batteries, so now I charge the starter on Friday before a weekend of flying... the one charge suffices after the "upgrade".