What is the Jump Start system that CH Electronics (now CH Ignitions) sells?
This is from Terry Grant of CH Ignitions, the mfr. of the Jump Start: It is a battery powered system to boost the magneto output. It will make a hot spark at any RPM, most mags require 600+rpm to fire. It also retards the timing to around 5 deg BTDC so that the engine won’t kick back. Once the engine starts it becomes a stock engine on the mag with no timing control. Terry At $60 for the Jump Start, you’d be better off buying a full ignition system with SyncroSpark. The Jump Start will make the plane easier to start, but it won’t make the engine run better. A full CDI with timing control, on the other hand, will give you the benefits of the retarded starting timing, and also the benefits of retarded timing in the lower power band in addition to saving a little weight.
