REFLECTOR: LIGHTSPEED IGNITION PROBLEM
davedent at comcast.net
davedent at comcast.net
Sun Feb 27 19:04:03 CST 2005
The other system was called ElecroAir by Jeff Rose
If you are using a four cylinder give Emag a call. They have them now for the Lyc. 4 cyl. engines only for now.
Dave
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> >From a safety standpoint, I would think two dissimilar units
> (manufacturers) would be the best protection. I don't know how these units
> breakdown and there should be some information available but where? It also
> would seem wise to have a health monitor circuit within the ignition module
> to warn of impending problems, something NASA and the rest of the aerospace
> industry are clamoring for. In the case of two similar units you could say
> that the odds are against both breaking down in close proximity in time,
> but people spend Millions of dollars in Vegas every year just to prove the
> odds are wrong. Now what was the name of the other company again?
>
> Ed
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Scott Derrick
> > To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> > Date: 2/27/2005 10:19:20 AM
> > Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: LIGHTSPEED IGNITION PROBLEM
> >
> > As a counter point, I have a LSI, crank mounted pickup.
> >
> > Been reliable for 400+ hours and works great.. Mine is mounted on teh
> > firewall, cabin side on small rubber standoffs.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > davedent at comcast.net wrote:
> >
> > > We had two of these moduls fail on us on our Cozy IV> We found that
> > > first the halograph pickups failed at the aluminum plate that spins
> > > with the magnet. Very poorly made. Then we found the computer moduls
> > > fail with vibration because the components are board mounted. We had
> > > two components on the boards fail. Look right in the middle of the
> > > large coil on the board. You will find it burnt. As well smell it to
> > > see if you can smell anything burnt. This is how I found mine bad.
> > > They replaced them with no problem. They are not just made to take
> > > some of the punishment that they get.
> > > Also check for a short in the coax cable going to the coils.
> > > Disconnect at the coil and check across the B&C connector. We have
> > > lost every one of our cables. If you have one plug wire come loose
> > > during flight it can and will blow a coil or even two. It tries
> > > to jump the plug and it can blow the computer or the coils. If a
> > > direct short happens it should blow a fuse before blowing the
> > > computer. So look for a loose wire to the plugs as well. With his
> > > system there are way to many things that can go wrong. And shut down
> > > the whole system.
> > > I would never buy another one with the problems we have had. I found
> > > the Jeff Rose unit gave me no problems at all in my ten years plus
> > > that I flew them. But he don't make them for the six cylinders and
> > > don't sell them at all anymore.
> > > I will be testing the prototype for the Emag on the six cylinder units
> > > sometime this summer. Hopefully they work as good as they say.
> > >
> > >
> > > -------------- Original message --------------
> > >
> > > > No matter where I plug it in, left or right ... it trips the
> > > breaker. And when
> > > > I plug the good one into the other side ... it does NOT trip the
> > > breaker. So,
> > > > it must be the module.
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > >
> > > > From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org on behalf of Randy Wharton
> > > > Sent: Sat 2/26/2005 1:08 PM
> > > > To: 'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
> > > > Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: LIGHTSPEED IGNITION PROBLEM
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > The first thing I would check, Tom, is the breaker. Maybe the
> > > ignition module is
> > > > ok.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > >
> > > > From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org
> > > [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf
> > > > Of Tom Martino
> > > > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2005 3:06 PM
> > > &! gt; To: reflector at www.tvbf.org
> > > > Subject: REFLECTOR: LIGHTSPEED IGNITION PROBLEM
> > > >
> > > > My first major squawk came yesterday while coming in for the
> > > final landing of
> > > > the day. The left Lightspeed ignition module simply popped a
> > > breaker.
> > > >
> > > > I began troubleshooting today and verified that there are no
> > > shorts or problems
> > > > with the wiring. And before this the engine purred perfectly.
> > > >
> > > > Its this simple: when I plug in the left module -- it pops the
> > > breaker.
> > > >
> > > > This concerns me a bit, since the modules don't have but a dozen
> > > hours on them.
> > > > Has anyone ever had such a failure? For no apparent reason?
> > > >
> > > > I looked inside the module and it is as clean as a whistle ...
> > > no burnt traces,
> > > > no foreign objects, no bare wires, etc.
> > > >
> > > > I had them mounted on the cabin side of the firewall, just above
> > > the main spar.
> > > > They were not too cold, nor too hot ... and I! don't believe
> > > there is enough
> > > > vibration there to affect the solid state components ..
> > > >
> > > > BUT HEY ... SOMETHING WENT WRONG!!??
> > > >
> > > > Any ideas. I will be contacting Klaus.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > Subject:
> > > RE: REFLECTOR: LIGHTSPEED IGNITION PROBLEM
> > > From:
> > > "Tom Martino"
> > > Date:
> > > Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:41:23 +0000
> > > To:
> > > "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list"
> > >
> > > To:
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