Recently while flying last Sunday my Bendix D3000 right magneto decided to quit working on me. I haven’t pulled the unit yet however after checking with several different magneto service stations, I’m looking at around $900 at a minimum to get it back up and running, not including the shipping to the servicer back.
This got me thinking if it would be worth it to upgrade to a dual electronic ignition system and just remove the magneto completely. I received a quote from SDS (Simple Digital Systems), and for a dual unit with spark plug wires it is just under $900, which is almost the same as I’d pay for ignition, and it would be a brand new, latest technology system. The only downside I could see is that my plane could no longer run without battery power. Another (more expensive) option I’ve considered would be to buy a single magneto (slick 4220 for example), and a single SDS electronic ignition, giving more redundancy. However the single ignition system from SDS is still $750 and I’d have to buy a whole new magneto for at least $800, so it seems worth it to me to just buy the dual ignition SDS system. What are your guys thoughts on this? Any input would be appreciated. Sorry if I made grammar mistakes, but I had 5 minutes to type this before work! V/R Sam Spanovich N6399U 74S, Anacortes WA Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
