I have a strange situation, about ten years ago I had a bad injurie to my right hand. Six operations later my fingers are intact but to week and tender to start a gasser by hand. My flying budddies have no problem starting my planes for me, but this limmits me to flying with them. So now I am trying to find a starter so that I can fly without having to have a friend flip it over. I have seen guys use these big starters in the magazines, I have no idea where to get one. Any info that gets me flying without support will be much appreciated. Thanks all!

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Megatron Starter. Using the same Model 4 motor as the Boat Starter, this starter is designed for large R/C airplane engines. It can handle engines up to 8 cubic inches (130 cc) and larger, depending on engine condition and compression ratio. It has two steel handles, steel endplates and a 3" aluminum cone with silicone rubber insert. The starter can be operated on 12V or 24V, maximum 100 amps. Output is 600 in-oz (424 N-cm) at 12V, 1200 (848 N-cm) at 24V. 2800 no load RPM at 12V, 5600 no load RPM at 24V. No. S651.

This thing is a beast. I sw one used at an IMAC event earlier this summer.

Tim

The Miller belt reduction unit for a standard starter is the way to go. They don't spin the engine too fast, and if you have a really big engine, you can use it on a Dynatron 24V starter. BTW, there is one mounted to Hobbico starter on E-bay now. Item #300019837877
Miller does not have a website, and the phone number on mine is not legible. I am sure someone will pop in with Ph#.

i've got the 24 volt sullivan but its made for just one hand. its awesome...

19.8 volt Craftsman cordless drill and a Sullivan Megatron cup works great for my G-62's....

I have the same Sullivan starter as Tim 220225. It's an awsome starter and I have never needed the 24volts. I just use the 12volt lawn mower battery I haul around with me anyway. I don't normally need this starter with my gas engines but have used it when an engine is new just to make sure my fingers remain intact. Also at the field when someone has something stubborn going on with their engine I get out the big Sullivan. Big engines don't even seem to phase this starter and I couldn't be happier with it. Bill

One of the guys at our field uses a regular type Sullivan starter with a belt drive reduction setup, I assume it's the Miller but couldn't say for sure. It only has one handle on it, but he holds it with that handle and motor when he uses it. He's built himself a nifty little wood box that looks sort of like a toolbox tray with a single handle on the top to carry it. It has two of the small 12 volt computer/alarm type backup batteries like you find in the LHS's, in it and they are hard wired to banana plug outlets on the outside of the box.

This allows him to run a couple of field chargers at the same time, or he uses 24 volts on the starter for the first start of the day on a DA-100. It spins that DA without problem but you will need someone to hold the plane for you as it takes a pretty good push toward the spinner with the starter cone or it will slip.

It is not necessary to have the dynatron on the Miller unit to use 24 volts. The gear reduction reduces the current draw so that the standard starter can be used on 24V. This makes a lighter unit than the megatron.