X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from imr-da04.mx.aol.com ([205.188.105.146] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.4) with ESMTP id 5481726 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:04:20 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.188.105.146; envelope-from=CozyGirrrl@aol.com Received: from mtaomg-mb06.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtaomg-mb06.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.41.77]) by imr-da04.mx.aol.com (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id q3F33iY7008335 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:03:44 -0400 Received: from core-dsa001b.r1000.mail.aol.com (core-dsa001.r1000.mail.aol.com [172.29.252.65]) by mtaomg-mb06.r1000.mx.aol.com (OMAG/Core Interface) with ESMTP id 73DF0E000086 for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:03:44 -0400 (EDT) From: CozyGirrrl@aol.com Message-ID: <5f61.12c15f2e.3cbb9490@aol.com> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2012 23:03:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Laser Ignition, was: [FlyRotary] Re: The 16X is A L I V E... To: flyrotary@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_5f61.12c15f2e.3cbb9490_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 9.6 sub 5004 X-Originating-IP: [70.242.64.213] x-aol-global-disposition: G DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mx.aol.com; s=20110426; t=1334459024; bh=7wmq4Fw5L+WoRfcCaXw3I0yQQw7G9FOXKgG2ZsphhSQ=; h=From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=atZTfg+KedfbasbPwDwdbJYC+xMfEnUGdvsKS/3ucPi7mL6pa/xM9VU5gpDTxKgEx sOuNRuK52WazhE69xfo+I/brsoQlWEhB9c1Rko0e6lRVd9jt5/8RJMTOfL8cJjUGtO yv3/Bt8+rwGqRSEZwnJ2lQXjeWZZo2fS2YCjDDaM= X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE: 0:2:411717504:93952408 X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT: 0 x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d294d4f8a3a905163 --part1_5f61.12c15f2e.3cbb9490_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LOL, and so some new fangled laser system yet to be proven is going to cure all of our ills? Lets just say it will be fun to sit back and watch with optimism for awhile. The early adopters can tell us all about it. I am curious, we tout our rotary systems and our EFI over conventional aircraft systems, yet for every wire we have there are two terminations, how many of the wires hooking up our systems are critical to keep it running? Got a number?, multiply that by two. Terminations are a huge liability. A mag has to be grounded out to make it quit. Not saying it is better, but from this one angle it sure is simpler. Chrissi & Randi _www.CozyGirrrl.com_ (http://www.cozygirrrl.com/) CG Products, Custom Aircraft Hardware Chairwomen, Sun-N-Fun Engine Workshop In a message dated 4/14/2012 7:28:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time, echristley@att.net writes: On 04/14/2012 11:39 AM, _CozyGirrrl@aol.com_ (mailto:CozyGirrrl@aol.com) wrote: High voltage is cheap and has worked well for over 100 years. /end It's her last paragraph that concerned me the most. I spent 20 years working with HID systems focused into fiber optics. Her last sentence says it all. I am not against innovation but I am very cautious. Chrissi & Randi (http://www.cozygirrrl.com/) She is correct, except that word "well" has a very fuzzy meaning. There are many levels of "well". Magnetos work well. Points work well. Electronic ignition works well. Capacitive discharge works well..... --part1_5f61.12c15f2e.3cbb9490_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

LOL, and so some new fangled laser system yet to be proven is going to= cure=20 all of our ills? Lets just say it will be fun to sit back and watch with=20 optimism for awhile. The early adopters can tell us all about it.

I am curious, we tout our rotary systems and our EFI over conventional= =20 aircraft systems, yet for every wire we have there are two=20 terminations, how many of the wires hooking up our systems are critica= l to=20 keep it running? Got a number?, multiply that by two. Terminations are a hu= ge=20 liability.

A mag has to be grounded out to make it quit. Not saying it is better,= but=20 from this one angle it sure is simpler.

Chrissi &=20 Randi
www.CozyGirrrl.com
C= G=20 Products, Custom Aircraft Hardware
Chairwomen, Sun-N-Fun Engine Workshop=

In a message dated 4/14/2012 7:28:10 P.M. Central Daylight Time,=20 echristley@att.net writes:

= On=20 04/14/2012 11:39 AM, CozyGirrrl@aol.com wrote:=20

High voltage is cheap and has worked well for over 100=20 years.

/end

It's her last paragraph that concerned me the most. I spent 20 yea= rs=20 working with HID systems focused into fiber optics. Her last sentence s= ays=20 it all.

I am not against innovation but I am very cautious.

Chrissi=20 & Randi

She i= s=20 correct, except that word "well" has a very fuzzy meaning. There ar= e=20 many levels of "well". Magnetos work well. Points work well.&= nbsp;=20 Electronic ignition works well. Capacitive discharge works=20 well.....

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