Preparing The Engine For Starting; Starting The Engine - THUNDER TIGER TOMAHAWK BX Manual

PREPARING THE ENGINE FOR STARTING

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a
d
a. To start an engine, first remove the glow plug with the included wrench.
b. Check the glow plug by plugging it into the glow plug igniter. The glow plug element should light up brightly. If it lights up dimly,
then the glow plug igniter is low (and it needs recharging). If it doesn't light up, or the plug element looks distorted, then the
glow plug is bad (replace with new one). After checking, reinstall the glow plug.
The glow plug used for this engine can be: Thunder Tiger 9281, McCoy #9 / #59,
Novarossi C4S / C5S / C6S,OS #8 / #A3 / #A5, and Picco P6S / P7S.
c. With the radio off, manually turn the servo to open the carburetor (open throttle).
d. Plug the tuned pipe exhaust tip.
e. Keeping the exhaust tip plugged, pull on the engine's starter. Keep doing it until fuel reaches engine's carburetor, then pull it 3
more times to prime the engine.
f. Manually return the servo back to neutral.
a.
b.
Novarossi C4S / C5S / C6S,OS #8 / #A3 / #A5, and Picco P6S / P7S.
c.
d.
e. 3~4
f.
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STARTING THE ENGINE

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a. Turn on the radio (transmitter first, then receiver).
b. Clip the glow plug igniter onto engine's glow plug.
c. Pull on the engine starter, release, repeat until the engine starts. Throttle maybe required to be opened momentarily, but release
back to neutral immediately after it starts.
Remove the glow plug igniter from engine after engine has started and warmed up. If the engine stops right after the igniter is
removed, the carburetor setting is too rich. Please refer to engine setting section.
If engine starter becomes hard to pull, the engine maybe flooded. To unflood an engine, remove the glow plug from engine, flip the
car upside down, and pull on the starter to release excess fuel. Then, reinstall the glow plug and repeat the engine starting procedure.
a.
b.
c.
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b
e
No.9281, McCoy #9 / #59,
b
c
f
c
Not pull on
over 35cm
20~35