<VV> Dual Petronics!!! Ultimate in reliability? ( flight engine facts)

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Dave,
    "Belt and Suspenders" concept.  Chances of  BOTH failing at the SAME time 
is extremely small.  We can all see why this  is a good thing to have in an 
airplane.  If you lose ignition, you can NOT  just coast to the side of the 
road and try to fix it.<GGG>  As  you probably know by now, electronics don't 
fail too often, but when they  do, they're usually COMPLETELY gone.   I still 
remember that day long  ago when my wife called me to say she stopped to get gas 
and couldn't get the  Corvair started again.  I reminded her of the switch I 
had shown  her on the side of the electronic CD (not compact disc, but 
capacitive  discharge) ignition box and told her to move it to the other position  
which would restore the stock point ignition by completely bypassing the CD  box. 
 She did it and the car started right up much to the amazement of the  
station attendant.  She later said he was quite impressed with her  mechanical 
ability!<GGGG>
    The point is that I installed the switch  myself "just in case" the 
electronics failed.  Not a bad idea especially if  you have a non-tech person 
regularly driving the car.
    Thanks for reminding me of times long past.
    Frank "long memory for some things"  Burkhard 
 
In a message dated 6/17/2008 7:47:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
cfmann at yahoo.com writes:

There  are high performance dual point distributors for street &amp; track.  I
understand that both points are used together to obtain a better spark.  But
what would be the advantage of dual Electronics? Isn't that what  the
electronics are designed to do; give a better more reliable high  performance
spark? Why would you need two on the street? Do Corvair  Distributors fail
that often?

Dave  Thompson







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