N941WR
Legacy Member
This past weekend we did the first engine runs on my RV-9. The O-290-D2 I have installed was last overhauled in 1959 and put in storage. After I bought I topped it and inspected the internals as much as I could w/o splitting the case. All was good. The carb was yellow tagged and installed and the accessory case was replaced so I could use an engine driven fuel pump and oil filter.
The ignition system of choice is a pair of P-mags w/ the latest software update.
On Saturday (7/7/07) we started that thing up for the first time. The engine fired on the third prop blade and ran like, well, like a Lycoming should.
Every subsequent start was just like the first, pump on, mags on, full rich, hit the starter and it runs.
It started so easily it surprised all of us.
Is this normal for all electronic aircraft ignitions?
The ignition system of choice is a pair of P-mags w/ the latest software update.
On Saturday (7/7/07) we started that thing up for the first time. The engine fired on the third prop blade and ran like, well, like a Lycoming should.
Every subsequent start was just like the first, pump on, mags on, full rich, hit the starter and it runs.
It started so easily it surprised all of us.
Is this normal for all electronic aircraft ignitions?