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To: Loud Mime

“Dual magnetos apply 44 amps to each spark plug. This is the output of an arc welder in each cylinder.

That is technically meaningless. It can deliver all it wants but the current used is determined by I=E/R. E being voltage and R is the resistance. That sentence is nothing more than a filler to impress people.


32 posted on 08/07/2010 12:08:50 PM PDT by chooseascreennamepat (Reid: Why , oh why, are they picking on me?)
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To: chooseascreennamepat
That sentence is nothing more than a filler to impress people.

At the end of the run, the sparkplug has no ground or center electrode. They are absolutely fried.

BTW, I'm impressed with its power. A PhD engineering friend, after talking to the crew chief and getting the particulars on pressures, etc., said these engines are "scary powerful."

At the bottom of the info sheet, I don't see how anyone can not be impressed with the power of those engines.

35 posted on 08/07/2010 12:31:39 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Argue from the Constitution: Initialpoints.net)
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