Support Equipment - Saito FA-170R3 Instruction Manual

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UPPORT
The red connectors are the glow
plug cinnectors and there's one
black ground wire lead.
The red glow plug leads should be
connected to one another via a
common lead. Attach the glow
plug connectors to the rear glow
plugs.
N : The connectors should
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firmly grip the glow plug stems.
If not, gently squeeze the clip
together with your fingers.
N
: It is not necessary to ignite
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all six of the glow plugs for the
FA-450 or all 10 of the glow plugs
for the FA-325. The front plugs
will ignite once the engine reaches
operating temperature. Attach the
black (ground) lead to the motor
mount. The FA-90R3, the FA-
170R3 and FA-200R3 have one
plug per cylinder.
1. On-Board Battery.
a. Solder the single common
lead from the glow plug connector
to the terminal of a 125V 10A
micro-switch (not supplied).
b. Solder a lead from the micro-
switch to the positive terminal on
the Ni-Cad battery.
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c. Attach the single lead from
the ground wire to the negative
terminal on the Ni-Cad battery.
Please refer to Figure 1.
d. The on-board battery system
may be activated in two ways.
First, using a servo to activate the
switch, insert the servo lead into
the gear (or other toggle-activated
switch) channel in the receiver.
Adjust the travel of the selected
channel so that the servo arm
"trips" the micro-switch and
completes the circuit, heating the
glow plugs accordingly. Placing
the toggle switch in the opposite
position will break the circuit,
removing the heat from the glow
plugs.
Alternatively, the servo may be
connected to the throttle channel
or the receiver via a Y-harness.
Adjust the servo travel so that
Figure 1