"There is little to be gained by advancing beyond 22 BTDC"?!?  Are certified
aircraft engine engineers really this stupid??  I know they are at the bottom
of their engineering classes (OTW they'd be making real money with real
companies) but geez.  Unfortunately, their expertize is in generating
certification reports -- not in engines.

Long live LSE and Electorair.  Digital electronic ignitions for homebuilders
in the $1K range.  They advance well beyond 22 BTDC under appropriate
circumstances (low MAPs) and, at altitude, there is much to be gained.

Absent the ignition advance, there is little to no advantage in this system,
other than (theoretically) a bit less maintenance.

In reality, I suspect that the FAA doesn't understand ignition advance (those
lovable, bungling beaurocrats) and wouldn't allow Continental to do it.
"Little to be gained" is just putting a best face on their delimna, which
will be taken at face value by most of the ignorant GA public.

Hornet Ball

Who is that masked man? :-)

Paul Lamar


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