I have never said it was a better system and do not advocate that it is. It was my personal decision to use a points distributor with two sets of independent points for it's simplicity and reliability. Now mind you, a wire broke not the distributor system. Mags have been proven too, so it is your choice. I also personally think that anyone who flies without redundant systems is asking to have Daisy's growing over them. Every critical electrical and fuel system in my plane is redundant. Why would you not have back up systems?
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI Visit my web site: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj Email: flyk...@wi.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of Serge VIDAL Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 12:11 PM To: KRnet Subject: Réf. : KR> RE: Dual Ignition Systems, it Saved My Bacon - CORRECTION I remember having been flamed out once when I expressed my lack of confidence in the magnetos, and stated that my system consisted of two totally independent solid state ignition systems. The question was: "if your system is so much better than the good o'l magnetos, then why ya making it redundant?" Originally, I decided for redundancy because I wanted to make the certification people happy, but thinking of it, redundancy is also an answer to real life problems in aviation: bad luck, and failure to notice trouble in the making. Serge Vidal KR2 "Kilimanjaro Cloud" Paris, France "Mark Jones" <mjo...@muellersales.com> Envoyé par : krnet-boun...@mylist.net 2005-09-13 17:00 Veuillez répondre à KRnet Remis le : 2005-09-13 16:56 Pour : "Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft" <corvaircr...@mylist.net>, "KR Net (E-mail)" <kr...@mylist.net> cc : (ccc : Serge VIDAL/DNSA/SAGEM) Objet : KR> RE: Dual Ignition Systems, it Saved My Bacon - CORRECTION John, You are absolutely correct. What am I thinking and I am surprised my hand was not called on this sooner. The wire that actually broke was the coil primary circuit wire to the points. It broke where it connects to the post on the coil and not the condenser wire. My mistake in describing the problem. Regardless, dual ignition ran independently of each other is the way to go. If you were to run them both together and one failed, you would never know it and then later on if the other one failed you would be without a back up. When ran independently, they can each be tested prior to flight and you will know both are working. Sorry for the mix up in my analysis report and thanks for opening my eyes. Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI Visit my web site: http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj Email: flyk...@wi.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: corvaircraft-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:corvaircraft-boun...@mylist.net]On Behalf Of John Brannen Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 9:13 AM To: Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft Subject: Re: CorvAircraft> Dual Ignition Systems, it Saved My Bacon Mark, Congrats on getting her down safely. One question though. If it was the condenser wire, how do you have it connected? Every condenser install I have seen would only result in the points burning faster if you lost the condenser. I would have guessed you would get errant firing before complete ignition loss. John B. Mark Jones <flyk...@wi.rr.com> wrote: I pulled my cowl look for the problem and found that the condenser wire had broken at the coil. A pair of wire strippers and a wrench and two minutes later the problem was fixed. _________________________________________________________ search the CorvAircraft archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/corvairsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from CorvAircraft, send a message to corvaircraft-le...@mylist.net Other CorvAircraft list info is at http://www.krnet.org/corvaircraft_inst.html _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
