Paul M

My Sikk 27 came with a kill switch. I have always used the radio/throttle trim to kill the engine before and I am debating on whether or not to use this one. If I do I will have to devise some way to secure it. If I leave it dangling or it's gonna drive me nuts.

Do you feel it's necessary? What do you guy's do?

crazyotto

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cant you just unplug it / it supose to ground out ignition to shut engine off so id just delete it and use your throttle trim to shut off engine , done deal !![sm=tongue_smile.gif]

Paul M

Well, that's what I thought, but I figured it was there for a reason

crazyotto

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it is there probably for the reason of legality ,

Timmahh

there are many items on the market, and alot of ways to use a 3rd chnl to shut down your motors too, its not often than you d want to shut it down. but if your running a 400 or 500 dollar motor, and your out running and hear somethings not right, you can kill the motor with the radio. ofcourse this dont work if you lose signal. there is on item available in the surface gasser world, called a failsave. its sole purpose is to shut down the motor if you loose signal. not sure if its available with a time delay before shutdown, but its electronic, so it should be able to be programmed. and is already waterproof i believe.

fyi

Timmahh

OLD_SLOW and in the WAY

give the switch a float test... set it in the water , if it floats keep it

the tabs on the coil which are now not used make an ideal place to plug in your tach...

crazyotto

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as stated unplug it and chuck it done deal .....i can see this thread going crazy especially 3rd channel to shut off boat ....this is a spped forum not a model ship one .....less weight more speed

Paul M

Ok you've convinced me. So, it's useless unless the boat is in front of you. I just spent 45 mins trying to think up and make some kind of bracket to hold this thing. Then cut it too short[:@]

One of the lead wires is hard wired to the engine. I guess you just snip that one off?

Justaddwata

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first thing I do with my Sikk motor is yank off the kill. No need. If you need to kill a motor and cant do it by radio just put your finger over the carb.

yeeharacing

If you still want to have a kill locally you could do what the old lawn mowers did and mount a piece of metal to the head that hovered over the sparkplug. Then you just make it contact the plug and it's killed.