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Re: On UK Telly Last Night
Posted by Julian on Tue Jan 29, 2002 07:50:39 AM
In reply top Re: On UK Telly Last Night posted by Christer on Tue Jan 29, 2002 05:25:46 AM
...plus I gather you would need a dual system - more expense and weight I guess - as a back up, hence left and right mags, as it all going rather quiet up front is a bit more serious up there than on the side of the motorway (or in the Tank's case in the middle of the desert!!)
Friend of mine was having a check flight in a C152 over one of the more inhospitable bits of Florida recently when a mag failed - the instructor flew the thing back to base very rapidly whilst invoking the good Lord to keep the other pulsing!! As I recall it happened to the same friend in a 150 over here a few years back as well! Electrical Discharges do strike twice!!
I know most "modern" piston Pipers and Cessnas, etc, have mags, but whether the newer types with the latest engines do I don't know. And what about the modified VW1600 engines in some homebuilts - also Porsche produced a version of their car engine for aircraft - mags or electronic - anyone know?
Me, I'll stick with the mags as well, when I can afford my Merlin or Griffon powered goodie!
Cheers all
Julian