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Offline Michael Brooks

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If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine....
« on: November 28, 2009, 12:14:28 PM »
Have a look at this. A cranky Fox .35 may not be so bad after all.






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Offline Ralph Wenzel (d)

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Re: If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine....
« Reply #1 on: November 28, 2009, 06:50:53 PM »
I'm exhausted (pardon) just watching the process!

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Offline Perry Rose

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Re: If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine....
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2009, 06:05:20 AM »
Looks like a weak glow battery.
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Offline John Stiles

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Re: If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine....
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2009, 07:31:51 AM »
I wore myself out trying to help wind her up! LL~ Makes one wish for a compression release :! n~
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Re: If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine....
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2009, 12:23:04 PM »
Sure wore me out.  Two days and I have a B-40 that all it wants to do is pop and bang.  Will not start.  Fuel and battery are good as I have other engines that started and ran fine.  Getting ready to put the electric finger to it as soon as I get it on the test stand. 
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Re: If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine....
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2009, 05:54:47 PM »
 If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine........  go electric  y1
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Offline Russell Shaffer

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Re: If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine....
« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2009, 06:07:35 PM »
If those two guys were braver they would have stayed on the wing and kept cranking.  I would have bailed off, too, but what does that matter.
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Re: If you've ever been frustrated by a cranky engine....
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2009, 08:45:03 PM »
The graduates of the nation's much-maligned Youth Corps didn't have any trouble starting them on the first attempt. 
Not genetically superior, but a lot better conditioned.
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