[NSRCA-discussion] Kavan geared starter question

[Peter Vogel]

The Align Lipo starter is hard to beat for convenience and sheer starting
power.  It could probably start my car!

Peter+

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Robert Gainey via NSRCA-discussion <
nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:

> The brushes and commutator ring they make contact with wear down. You may
> be able to replace the brushes and clean the commutator and get by with
> that. What I found when I used the Kavan was that an annual teardown and
> good cleaning and greasing the gears kept it in top performance. I ran mine
> on two 7.4 v ni-cad RC car batteries in series. With 14.5 volts on hand it
> easily turned even my OS 1.60. When it finally gave up, the commutator ring
> was worn down too much to use any more and I scraped it.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Sep 25, 2014, at 3:42 PM, Ihncheol Park via NSRCA-discussion <
> nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
> Ok.  I switched to electric for Pattern about 5 years ago.
> However, I do fly a few smaller planes with glow engines and do
> have engines up to YS170.
>
> My trusty 15 years old Kavan geared starter is not strong enough to turn
> over a .61 size engine on compression
> I do have belt driven BigCup starter for giant scale also, but don't use
> much.
>
> What goes bad in these starter?
> I am ordering parts from Sig manufacturing since they show all the parts
> for Kavan geared starter in stock.
>
> Anyone know or remember how to disassembly this starter?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Ihncheol
>
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