Build a "Twister"

WITH THE PRICE wood props spare fingers days electric starter welcome tool model engine en thusiast Although starters mar ket very good also costly answer problem build own Being scrounger heart went favorite places auto wreckers get some ideas found three suitable 12-volt electric motors First convertible top motors produce lot torque would probably turn 60-size engines easily use must remove hydraulic pump end Second electric window motors very small would work small size engines Third seat tilt motors perfect start size-40 smaller engines have Cadil lac seat motor turns K&B 40 over just fine lacks power start 60 Shop around order get motor cheap can built electric starter feel free modify adjust according own ideas should built get motor check out wiring Cady seat motor has three wires large red smaller green/ white striped yellow order make motor run must ground out case side bat tery connect large red wire either two smaller wires posi tive side battery Changing polarity motor leads does change running direction motor change running direction motor simply substitute small wires other attaching red wire positive side battery Install push-button horn switch bending end switch mounting bracket 900 attaching motor case bolts other side switch bracket held flat case 2-in screw-type hose clamp Screw side zip cord switch Attach wire other switch pole ground against switch bracket motor case bolts push button complete circuit Trail wires away motor shaft tape down neatly go prevent pulling zip cord wires out switch wrap piece 1/16 piano wire around insu lation zip cord too tight will cut insulation short out wires attach loop piano wire motor case bolts allows pull directed motor case directly switch Solder alligator clips other end zip cord can clipped bat tery terminals Sullivan aluminum drive cone must drilled out fit motor shaft need special drill just hook up motor 12-volt battery start turning hold soft aluminum drive cone turning motor shaft Make sure boring straight Continue drill until 3/32 space between back drive cone edge motor case Shut off motor still warm place piece masking tape over hole drive cone side opposite drill ing Fill up freshly drilled hole 5continued page 103 54 Model Aviation Finished starterthumb horn-button switch completes circuit ground case pushed Sometimes balky McCoy 19 no match Twister Motors wreckers mostly good up 40 engines However convertible top motorsif can find oneprobably have torque start 60s hand starter other supporting fuselage author starts Cox Tee Dee 051 mounted D&R Power Pod model Drifter glider RC funespecially engine starts shorten fuselage stick 8 length So have inscrutable way flip coin Thought starter Wonder Silver Dollar based upon idea might really make across Potomac River Build Twister/Pearsall continued page 54 minute epoxy Insert motor shaft glue allowing excess flow out under masking tape dam Wipe off excess glue push tape back place holding parts alignment until dry glue has dried 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