Hello, i'm new to the whole gas powered r/c thing and i was wondering if i could get a little help. I just got my CEN fun factor ATX buggy in the mail and all it came with was the car and the radio, no glow plug heater or anything and i was just wondering what exactly i am supposed to do to get going and what i should do before and after a run, any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks!

well, you could go to towerhobbies.com and buy a glow heater, to get it running you need batteries for the transmitter and reciever, you will also needfuel, and a screw driver to adjust the fuel misture, the buggy should off came with instruction buklet on how to tune your engine, just follow the instructions and you should be good, after you finished running the buggy, you need to after run oil it, this oil is sold at your LHS(local hobby shop), you take off your air filter, and take out the glow plug, put 4 drops in where the filter was and where the plug was, turn your engine over baout 10 times, then just put the plug back in and the filter, but when you put the oil in where the filter was, make sure you open it fully open, after you oiled close it back up

So do i need a glow plug heater to get it running?

yes

In approximate order of importance:

Fuel (goes bang, makes engine go)

Fuel filler Bottle (trying to pour fuel from a 1 gallon jug into a small tank is very tricky, these babys have a long metal spout that you suck fuel oout of the bottle with and squirt it into the tank - easy)


Plug heater (gets the glow plug up to operating temperature, needed to ignite the fuel to make the bang, once the engine is running, you can take it off)

Batteries (provide a stream of electrons that move servos, which move moving parts, controlling the car)

Plug spanner (a normal wrench that fits wil do, but a plug spanner has clips to hold the plug, makes removing the plug much easier)


After Run Oil (Nitro fuel attracts moisture, which corrodes engines. a few drops in the plug hole and spread round the engine by turning it over will coat the cylinder and stop rust)

Temperature gun (tells you how hot your motor is. if you overheat your motor you can kill it. you can make do with spitting on your engine and seeinghow long it takes to boil - but a temp gun is more accurate (and doesnt leave horribel marks on your head))

Spare Glow Plugs (these are consumables, either get the same as came with the car, or ask your LHS what one they recomend for your fuel/car - and buy a couple)

air filter oil (periodialy your airfilter will clog up, clean it with nitro fuel, then coat it with AFO - the oil traps dirt and makes the filter more efficent - NEVER RUN WITHOUT A FILTER!!)

nitro cleaner (makes your car look pretty, and can be useful to clean the area round the glowpluge before you remove it to stop dirt falling into the cylinder)

failsafe (stops your car running away if it goes out of range)

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Joking aside, the most important thing you need to know at this stage is that a nitro engine will need to be "broken in" before you use it. The manual (if you have one) will have instructions, follow these to the letter! - if you dont have a manual, try and find an online one, or come here and ask for breakin instructions. If you just try and run it without breaking in, it will last about a week.

We will all help any way we can, just ask

Ahab.

mat0500 - no glow plug heater or anything

That sucks and blows[>:]

I was also wondering if the CEN ATX is a good car to start with, and does it have a decent amount of power? i just found out my friends dad used to fly nitro planes so he has a heater and almost everything i need so ill be taking it out for a run soon.