ORIGINAL: krayzc-RCU
Tim about how many flight (guess) or time in months are you getting before the iginiton starts to go South?
No particular time, one lasted several hundred flights, another less than 100.
With my igition being to far advance do you all know what the symtoms would be besides kickbacks? i am trying to see if the hanging idle that Geistware
sees may also be a few degrees off.
Like I said before, I don't think his is an ignition problem. He said it occured mainly on landing approach, and I'm thinking it's simply because the prop is lightly loaded and windmilling until the plane is on the ground and stopped. Mine does the same thing with both ignitions.
Tim did you do the swap out yourself for the falcon? i would have to also change my plug setup on the 100. I will keep this deal until a failure comes along and if the falcon is working longer i will go that route.
I did it myself, but I already had degree wheels, dial indicators and stuff from another life when I used to build drag bikes for guys. One thing that I also use, and heartily recommend is the CH ignition tester ($22) that allows you to test both the sending unit (pulse switch) and the ignition itself. This allows you to more easily and precisely check your present timing, and set it exactly where you want it.
I would definitely suggest that as long as your CH works for you, keep it. Yes you would have to change spark plugs, but CH has a 14mm to 10mm adapter for the new plugs.