There I was enjoying my 3DD in beautiful flying conditions this afternoon, when I sensed a warm feeling from my rear Levi's pocket, just where I had put my glow starter battery a few minutes earlier.

I was out on the line by myself my club mates watching from the pits. They were somewhat perplexed, they had never seen me dance whilst flying, by now the battery was red hot and smoke was coming from my pocket. I never moved so fast with some skillful one handed flying I ejected the offending battery, I was then faced with the small fire starting at my feet, yet more dancing.

True story so heed the warning, Dont put your glow start in your pocket, you could spontaneously combust. I now have to convince my wife that the brown mark on my boxers is a scorch mark !!

True Story

I learned this about 30 years ago when i first started in the hobby. There was an igniter on the market, briefly, that used a bare nicad with a piece of metal wrapped around it and a hole in the tip. The hole went to the top of the glowplug and the nicad could be slid to touch the side of the motor. This was totally uninsulated. I saw a few guys dance when they put it in their pockets and it contacted their change or keys.

Just be glad your didn't put it in your FRONT pants pocket.........[sm=eek.gif]

Dave

hmmm.

Ummmm....where's the video???

Thats just what my buddies said, If they had been quick enough my vidcam wasn't far away as I had just been filming their flying

Did the same thing with a 9 volt battery..........