Comments on: /7/ Flight in a Motorglider (English Only!) http://omegataupodcast.net/2008/12/7-flight-in-a-motorglider-english-only/ wissenschaft und technik im kopfhoerer / science and engineering in your headphones Mon, 14 May 2012 03:12:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: admin http://omegataupodcast.net/2008/12/7-flight-in-a-motorglider-english-only/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 admin Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:43:42 +0000 http://omegataupodcast.net/?p=27#comment-1016 yes, I meant magnetos :-) Thanks, Markus yes, I meant magnetos :-)

Thanks, Markus

]]> By: Will Schenk http://omegataupodcast.net/2008/12/7-flight-in-a-motorglider-english-only/comment-page-1/#comment-1012 Will Schenk Fri, 10 Jul 2009 16:23:01 +0000 http://omegataupodcast.net/?p=27#comment-1012 You mean "magnetos" rather than magnets. The purpose of the them (most plane engines have 2 per cylinder for redundancy) is to spin with the engine and mechanically generate energy to fire the spark plugs. The idea then is that if the battery dies or the alternator goes, the rotation of the engine will generate electricity to fire the plugs which fire the fuel in the cylinder and spin the engine. I fly fixed winged piston planes, but I've never tried a glider before. Different! You mean “magnetos” rather than magnets. The purpose of the them (most plane engines have 2 per cylinder for redundancy) is to spin with the engine and mechanically generate energy to fire the spark plugs. The idea then is that if the battery dies or the alternator goes, the rotation of the engine will generate electricity to fire the plugs which fire the fuel in the cylinder and spin the engine.

I fly fixed winged piston planes, but I’ve never tried a glider before. Different!

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