Whilst you are sitting in your workshop looking at that model that you are not allowed to fly why not fit a very useful safety addition. Our remote ignition switch operated from a spare channel will allow you to stop your petrol engine after a flight instantly without having to wait for the low throttle setting to stop the prop. The advantages of this system give you the means of stopping the engine if, for instance your throttle linkage fails which is not exactly unknown, and will also stop the engine if the Rx loses battery power (the pre-set failsafe which is mandatory to set up on certain models will not work if Rx battery volts disappear) this one will.
The unit will function on magneto or battery ignition engines, it has a bright flashing LED to warn ignition live and is very simple to install. They are available on ebay as 'Tx operated ignition switches for model petrol engines' and both magneto and battery ignition units are listed separately so select type required. Power requirements are negligible so no battery upgrade is required.
Also listed are failsafe units which will stop both magneto and battery ignition systems if Rx volts disappear, listed as 'Model petrol engine failsafe units'
Installing one of these units will make our hobby just a little bit safer which can't be a bad thing!
