hi all it i new to the board nice to meet all of you

I a relative newcomer and in the 8 months I've been flying have come to the same conclusion. I bought a box with a panel, 12V motorcycle battery, starter and electric pump. You've got to be real careful with the cords and I'm going to replace my corded glow starter with a battery type. Will probably still hang on to the other and keep the 12V charged because I like the meter on the panel and it let's you know instantly if a broken plug is why the engine isn't starting.

Sullivan makes a battery pack that will fit my starter and uses 12 1.2V 1500MaH sub C's. Probably going to get those as well so that I've got no cords running to the front of the plane while starting it.

Sigh....

Read the prior posts... a much better way to do this is to use the racing packs...

See this thread which has pictures of a typical setup....

[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_8019362/tm.htm]Click me please![/link]

opjose
Thanks for posting the pictures to that battery mod for the starter
I just have 1 question.
Where can I get those batteries at a reasonable price?
Radio Shack want's $28.99 each pack
Vegas/

As strictly an OS user the only power I need is from my glow starter, which is rechargeable. I keep that and a chicken stick in my cargo pocket and can start my plane anywhere - if it cuts out during taxi, or if no one's around and I need to start on the field, I can. If it doesn't start right up, something needs to be worked on, and avoiding doing the work and forcing it to start with an electric starter could be catastrophic.

Go to Tower's web site... www.towerhobbies.com

Type in " Battery 7.2v " into the search...

Have fun!

Joe, you haven't been in the hobby long enough to have your glow battery start loosing some of it's juice and surprise you yet. You haven't seen what the weather changes can do to your engines, sometimes they just don't want to start when it gets cold. Sometimes you not only need A starter but A few drops of lighter fluid just to give them A kick. Weather changes can and often will turn your 55 and 120 AX into A beast. Stay in the hobby long enough and you will be walking the line asking to use A driver and starter at some point. In another 20 degrees or so I will be opening up my high ends for the winter flying.

Sounds like it might be time to dust of that starter then...thanks for the tip!

I come up with Team Orion Supercharge 7.2V 1600mAh Side by Side
Qty Discount Available
Just a couple dollars less then RS wants so I may as well use a small square 4 amp jell type I have here and make a small wooden box mounted under the starter

Vegas/

You have the hobbico part number?
I went through the site and catalog and can't find)POWERCORE)
Vegas/