tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post8505547794040104708..comments2024-03-11T07:26:04.670-05:00Comments on Posthuman Blues: Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074004681516756703noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4147219.post-59941141548924728422008-06-14T04:57:00.000-05:002008-06-14T04:57:00.000-05:00Ahh, someone apparently solved (or perhaps solved)...Ahh, someone apparently solved (or perhaps solved) this conundrum on my post about aircraft engines (of the internal combustion kind anyway.) <BR/><BR/>http://www.ufomystic.com/wake-up-down-there/ufo-engine-stop-aircraft/<BR/><BR/>The aircraft engine's spark plugs are powered in a different way than the automobile's.<BR/><BR/>Here's an explanation from "Jimmy" in the comments:<BR/><BR/>Because there’s a fundamental difference between automobile and aircraft ignition systems. Both of them, before all this here fancy electronical stuff came along, used a low-voltage direct current, chopped by a set of contacts (”points”) to drive a transformer that produced a high voltage for the spark plugs. The automobile engine got its low voltage from the battery, or from the generator/alternator, when the engine was running; the aircraft engine used magnetos, which generate their own and which were generally driven off the engine’s crankshaft. Thus in any scenario in which the low-voltage supply from the battery/generator/alternator is interrupted, the auto engine stops and the airplane engine doesn’t.Greg Bishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06928853660098224055noreply@blogger.com