That one is kind of a helicopter specific one. It is made to bolt to the engine on a heli, so the "tab" that the faux glow-plug is attached to is your return path for the current to go through.

And the other seperate cable , Tim;

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">are these the same things you can use for getting your engine to run more reliably when inverted? or just for making access to the plug through a cowl easier? what do you use when you engine runs poorly upside down? i've never mounted one upside down, but i'm looking to buy a P-40 soon for winter building and half the next century, and am going to mount the engine inverted and heard the glow motors are kind of finicky inverted.</span>

No, The units shown in this thread are used to provide an alternate location for attacheing the glow driver when starting the plane. They are used when a glow plug is concealed in a cowel, or is hard to reach, or when the user wants to stay farther from the prop.

The item you are talking about is called a glow driver. They connect to a battery and can be controlled by your radio to power the glow plug in flight. You will get various opinions on here regarding glow drivers. There are a lot of people that use them, and love them while others say they are unecessary if you know how to properly tune your engine. Me personally I can see both sides of the argument, but have never used a glow driver. I have however used the remote adapters on a couple of planes for ease of use as well as safety puropses and liked them very much.

Guys,

i've also found a similar unit @ a very great price in the UK!!!

I bought it guys and almost installed it.....

[link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=10714177]Remote glow plug igniter installation....[/link]

Why just "almost" installed it? I just ordered 2 from Hobby People and cant wait to get them. I have2 4 strokes mounted inverted and I am tired of attaching the glow starter underneath.

Nevermind the question. I followed your link....

Ah yes, you are correct.......it's installed now.

This past weekend i had another great flight with my Cherokee 40.

I am currently editing the video so soon, it will be online!

I use this on my Warbirds and it works great, the price is good and it's good quality.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=HAN3025


Pete

Pete,

i see a rectangular part, what is it; Also do you have a picture of how you set it up on your airframe;

The remote glowplug igniter worked-GrEAt!!!!

Watch in -HD_quality-

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPrjAKTfNJs?hd=1[/youtube]

I use the McDaniel NI-STARTER. It is inexpesive, simple, and it works great. Photos of install on Beaton50.

Where can i find one;

I have this kit on four planes. It works great. I also have one plane with the other type remote. I much prefer the one pictured.
Larry

Do you have a picture of the unit installed;

Central Hobbies, and they have others to choose from. The one that I use is on the bottom.

http://www.centralhobbies.com/glow/headlock.htm

Thank's for the direct link......

This Tettra glow plug cap looks awesome!

Here you go. The rectangular part to which I think you are referring to is the female plug. Nothing sticks out on the plane. All you do is attatch the igniter to the extention that has like a stereo headphone male plug- and plug it in on the side of the cowl. Start the plane and unplug.

You can see me unplug the remote glow in this video:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASZqoy_uMnc[/youtube]


Pete

Ya want a cheap head lock? Solder your wire to a wheel collar. Works great.....................You can solder, can't you?

Do you have a diagram of that setup;