mzanzirc
RCTalk Champion
Not everyone is sponsored by Banggood.I took it to this guy with lots of experience and we managed to start it and get it idling. He did stuff that is mentioned in no guides. People really need to put this stuff in their guides!
Firstly he said that my rotostart is not powerful enough so he got out an ACTUAL power drill. He left the igniter on quite a long time. Much longer than I was. And he span the engine for a good 6-8 seconds even when it was sounding like it was starting to fire he kept spinning. He'd then pump the throttle on the radio and it sounded like the engine cleared it's throat and suddenly burst into life. He also did something with my linkages and servo horn.
I'm sure those youtubers are paid off by banggood to edit all this out. Cause they imply it can just start straight out the box with a pull starter when we had to use an actual power drill to start it.
His advice to me was buy a power drill. We even used the same rubbish igniter I was using to start it.
It's night time now so I can't do the break in yet.
There is another good channel I follow on youtube. Haggard RC. Go look him up. He does a great job showing the struggles starting nitro engines.
I start mine with a pull start no issues as does MANY people. So it's not about the power of the drill start.
But I'm glad you got it sorted out and now you can go ahead and break in the engine and enjoy the nitro.