Are your spark plugs overdue for replacement? Watch for signs like poor performance, engine knocking, and decreased fuel ...

F. R. HAIGH has recently compared the relative advantages of magneto and coil ignition used for generating the explosions which occur in motor-car engines (Students' Quart. J. Inst. Elec. Eng., Dec.).

[Dan] wanted to learn a bit about solid state ignition in engines; to get started he needed a test subject, so he decided he would upgrade his old 12 horsepower lawnmower. Originally the lawnmower ...

Aircraft spark-ignition engines use dual, self-contained magnetos for redundant ignition, with pilots performing a pre-flight run-up check by individually testing each magneto and monitoring the RPM ...

Traditional aircraft piston engine magnetos, largely unchanged since WWII, are mechanical devices with fixed settings and a mild spark, leading to inefficient combustion and limited adaptability to ...

Scientific American is part of Springer Nature, which owns or has commercial relations with thousands of scientific publications (many of them can be found at www ...

HARTZELL ENGINE TECH launched POWERUP Aircraft Ignition Systems with product line that includes FAA/PMA-approved aircraft magnetos, ignition harnesses, Slick, Bendix and Continental replacements parts ...

THE fundamental electrical and mechanical requirements of ignition equipment for aircraft engines are outlined and the special requirements peculiar to this service and that apply, in general, equally ...