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Old 06-24-2003 | 11:19 PM
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Default Rookie Mistakes

Originally posted by Bruno Stachel
Forgetting to attach the glow ignitor when attempting to start and engine. :stupid: Also forgetting to make sure the glow plug is securely tightened, and watching it fly three feet into the air while getting glow fuel everywhere. :stupid:
Once I was really pleased with how the OS .52FS was running with a truly amazing throttle response. Always ran great but was running like it had an onboard glow or something. As I was making a low circle to begin my landing approach I noticed that I DID have an onboard glow system. Amazing how that igniter stayed attached thru all the rolls, loops, hammerheads and so on I had been flying...

Mistake made by a Not So Rookie and discovered yesterday at the field. My father installed the fuel tank in his Kadet Senior ARF upside down. For some reason the fuel just pumped right back out of the vent line...