I have been flying Klaus's unit since 97 it survived one crash and 160+ hrs.
It starts my 0320 in Canadian cold much better than the "Slick" mag. In
fact I start on the CDI and then turn the mag on after the engine is idling.
When I first put the engine together (with mags just re-built by a guy in
So. Cal with a great rep on mag o'haul) one of the mags shed it's impulse
coupler before I even got a burp out of the engine and if the engine had of
been in a horizontal mounting, I would have probably lost a good bit of the
accessory case.
Fuel efficiency? I flew my Safari helo for 2 hrs (hobbs meter) and couldn't
get any more than 12 gals in the tanks. No. I didn't set and idle for 1.75
hrs then go for a hop around the pattern. It was a cross country of 60
miles one way. Yes. I know the Lycoming operators manual tells me to
expect higher fuel consumption than that. But..12 gals was what the pump
said. Had a fouled plug on the magneto side. Could only detect it during
mag ck. No engine roughness with the CDI on.
I have had only one CDI ignition problem with Klaus's unit and it was caused
by a wire connection that I made. Hotter spark, better fuel efficiency,
lighter weight, fewer moving parts. The only thing stopping me from the
second CDI is $$.
Stuart Fields Safari builder, pilot, retired Electronic Engr. Also been
fooling with the experimental stuff since 1965.
"Larry Smith" wrote in message
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A friend in Florida rigged up his own non-magneto ignition robbed from a
late-model motorcycle and installed it on his O-200-powered Murphy
Renegade.
If I recall correctly he has it set up to advance itself as much as 35
degrees. Any more anecdotes about nonstandard ignition boxes?

I want to use one on the IO-360 Continental. And did you know ---- full
advance timing on that engine is 20 degrees btdc? It doesn't seem right,
does it?

Lightspeed Klaus used to advance timing on his O-200 to as much as 45 deg.
btdc. I wonder if he still does. I was just reading Klaus's
denunciation of the magneto as something of an ancient relic. I think I
agree with him.