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http://www.greatplainsas.com/scdiehl.html
Is a link to one of the VW engine converters. Scroll down below the accessory case (another interesting idea...). They've offered a crank mounted alternator for years designed like the motorcycle mags, & apparently it's been adapted to other engines. 20 amps, so not enough to power the whole plane but I like the idea of running the engine off a separate source & using ship's power as backup.
I have no idea if it can be adapted to the rotary but the design is clean & light (required on little VW's). Any of you engineer-types care to hazard a guess on whether the ignition distributor shaft & gears would be stout enough to handle the ~1/4 HP load of this device? With a crank angle sensor, that might be a potential drive point.
Price is around $170.
Charlie
KENPOWELL@comcast.net wrote:
Hi Mike,
I've been kicking this around for quite some time (I was a motorcycle mechanic while in college). The idea was to use a motorcycle or snowmobile magneto. The problem is that there just isn't much room on the between the flywheel and the redrive to mount the magneto components. I just recently received my 2.85 redrive from Tracy and hope to take another look at this problem this fall. There is also a possibility of mounting the magneto components on the accesory end of the engine. More to follow in the coming months; I hope someone beats me to finding a solution.
Ken Powell
Dear All,
There was a thread a while back in which one of our colleagues suggested the
possibility for a second alternator perhaps mounted on the PSRU??
Could be a lighter option for redundancy than two batteries
Did this go anywhere?
Mike
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