Greetings once again gentlemen,
- and a lady or two I might suspect. Surely I'm not the only one to think of using a cordless drill to start nitro engines. Is there a gimmick that can hook my cordless up to a rubber/spinner device like the commercial starter? As always, thank you for your superior expertise and wisdom.
What goes up must come down - if it can solve the re-entry problem.
Goose

I have never tried it, an electric starter is only $20. I have heard that cordless drills do not have enough torque or speed.

It can be done, but for the price of a electric starter why bother. The main problem with a drill is that it will lack rpm's that a real starter has.

Austin

even a cheap electric drill is 40$ most as well have a clutch that will burn with exessive reverse RPM's electric starters are free wheeling,when the engine starts the drive shaft spins freely without restriction,if you take a close look and compare the motors a starter is Quite a bit larger, the RPM's provided by a drill is about 600,a electric starter is about 2,500.
there was a large thread on this subject a few months ago so I did some homework back then.

I've been starting my 30 size choppers with a 9v BD drill for several years

If your looking for the convenience of being cordless, there are cordless starters or ways to convert a 12 volt to cordless.

You can get a portable battery pack that you can mount a started on.
It's just a 12v battery...it's cool to have if you don't leave it out at the field.lol
The set up is $40 less the starter.


or you can just get a 12 volt battery and strap the starter to it yourself...it dosen't
need to go through a power panel.

Once you get better at tuning enignes and your engines breaks in more.
a chicken stick dose that job nicely. The engine just needs to get prime..

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CORDLESS STARTER. See Flying Model Magazine for Feb and ww.cermark.com.

cordless drils just don't give it the quick snap of rpm's that is needed for good reliable starts every time. I once tried to make my own by converting an old honda motorcycle starter which seemed to turn up prety good rpm's but it just didn't work as good as a comercial starter.So broke down and bougt one never been sorry.

You mean http://www.cermark.net/ right?