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Glow plug (model engine)
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<p>A glow plug engine, or glow engine, is a type of <a href="/facts/Model_engine/QhW1blp6">small internal combustion engine</a> typically used in <a href="/facts/Model_aircraft/Lsnf5ABq">model aircraft</a>, model cars and similar applications. The ignition is accomplished by a combination of heating from compression, heating from a glow plug and the <a href="/facts/Catalysis/LPBS7TQC">catalytic</a> effect of the <a href="/facts/Platinum/qJC6lQf7">platinum</a> within the glow plug on the <a href="/facts/Methanol/EIfpoNCg">methanol</a> within the fuel. </p>