Re: Home made flywheels?

[bill-loveland]

quote joesnuffy:

The one thing I wonder is why they would use the timers after 1929 if they could have just used points, condensers, and magnets on the flywheel.
Joe

A battery ignition system draws the energy for the creation of the spark from the battery, while a flywheel magneto system draws it from the rotational speed of the magnets in the flywheel. With a battery ignition, you don’t need any flywheel motion to generate a spark. No wrapping the rope around the flywheel, no standing up and pulling over compression. Just prime it, bump it and go.

Also, with a battery ignition and a two cycle motor, you can reverse it on the fly.