Magnetos

Ignition System - History - Magneto Systems
... The spark plugs are connected directly from the magneto output ... Early magnetos had one coil, with the contact breaker (sparking plug) inside the combustion chamber ... In about 1902, Bosch introduced a double-coil magneto, with a fixed sparking plug, and the contact breaker outside the cylinder ...

Aircraft Engine Controls - Basic Controls and Indicators
... Ignition Switch - Activates the magnetos by opening the grounding or 'p-lead' circuit with the p-lead ungrounded the magneto is free to send its high-voltag ... This is accomplished using devices called magnetos ... Magnetos are connected to the engine by gearing ...

Magneto (disambiguation)
... A magneto is a type of electrical generator ... Magneto may also refer to Magneto (generator), permanent magnetic alternating current rotary generator ignition magneto, magnetos on internal combustion engines bicycle magnetos (commonly known as dynamos ...

Frederick Richard Simms - Business - Simms-Bosch Magneto - Simms Motor Units
... sell and repair components, in particular dynamos and magnetos ... War I it became the principal supplier of magnetos to the armed forces, mainly from his Simms Magneto Company Limited of New Jersey which he had established ... In World War II the company again became the principal supplier of magnetos for aircraft and tanks, also supplying dynamos, starter motors, lights, pumps, nozzles, spark plugs and coils ...

Ignition Magnetos
... Magnetos adapted to produce impulses of high voltage for spark plugs are used in the ignition systems of spark-ignition piston engines ... Magnetos are used in piston aircraft engines for their reliability and simplicity, often in pairs ... Motor sport vehicles such as motorcycles and snowmobiles may use magnetos because they are lighter in weight than an ignition system relying on a battery ...