Originally Posted by
dirtybird
On a magneto engine you charge the coil by flipping the motor over. The faster the better. On a G-38 the flywheel is larger so you can get a good charge wiht a slower flip. The flywheel on the G26 is smaller so you need a faster flip.
C&H used to sell a device that charged the coil from a battery so it made it easier to start. I don't know if they still do.
Well stated!
Some flywheels even have the magnets located so it is nearly impossible to get a spark at low, hand flip speeds. A hand flip just doesn't produce enough rotational arc to produce a spark in this case.These work great in their original application with a rope pull starter where the crank rotates through several rotations but not so good for a hand started airplane engine. By contrast, some mag engines start quite easily by hand. It all depends on the particular engine.