I have found that the drop is barely noticeable when I turn off either the mag or the electronic ignition on a ground runup and impossible to notice in flight at any power setting. However, the engine does idle a little smoother with both ignitions running which is something a few people told me it would do and something I expected.
I suppose that you get a 100 RPM drop or more in an engine that is designed for dual ignition, well because it is designed for dual ignition. If I had to take a wild ass guess I would think the difference is that an engine designed for a single plug has the plug closer to the center than one designed for two plugs. I would suspect that it also makes a bigger difference if you have a larger bore cylinder. Again, I am just guessing. I will keep running on both plugs all the time. If you do have a large drop on one system I would suspect that the timing is off. I spent a long time getting my electronic ignition to within a gnats ass of the mag. -----Original Message----- From: veedu...@aol.com Sent: Nov 24, 2003 4:05 AM To: kr...@mylist.net Subject: Re: KR>Ignition In a message dated 11/23/03 11:27:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, cbrom...@alltel.net writes: > if you have mag drop on run > up then you know more power is made with dual ignition. > Assuming it isn't a timing problem. And what if you don't have a mag drop? What if you drop a couple of grand to install a dual ignition system and discover it doesn't run any better than before? Or perhaps even worse? You fly your race, I'll fly mine. -R.S.Hoover _______________________________________________ see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html
