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A spark of innovation: Electroair STCs new electronic ignition
Sometimes it takes more than a spark of imagination to advance an innovation. The imagination is, of course, crucial, but so is the talent to execute the innovation and the stamina to see it all through to fruition.
Electroair’s President Michael Kobylik and staff showed their stamina in earning a supplemental type certificate (STC) for a pure-electronic general aviation piston engine ignition system—believed to be only the second option approved for certificated aircraft to provide an alternative to the venerable mechanical magneto.
According to the company, the STC’d system is the first pure-electronic option and leverages the more than 2,500 systems in use on experimental-category aircraft—the product of their imagination and innovation that evolved into the approved system.
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#OSH11: Electroair gets STC for electronic ignition system
By Janice Wood
Electroair has received the first FAA Supplement Type Certificate (STC) for a pure electronic general aviation piston engine ignition system. The initial STC is for all Lycoming four-cylinder engines installed on Cessna aircraft, with additional aircraft expected to be added over the next several months, company officials said on opening day of AirVenture.
Performance and economy improvements have been documented in the use of Electroair’s ignition systems, according to company officials, who note that when installed on the company’s test plane powered by an O-360, fuel consumption dropped from 11.2 gallons an hour to 9 gallons an hour. “Users can see a 10% to 15% fuel savings,” said Michael Kobylik, the company’s president.
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Electroair's Electronic Ignition
ELECTROAIR HAS DEVELOPED an electronic ignition system currently in use and expects a supplemental type certificate for use on four-cylinder Lycoming engines by mid-August.
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Electroair: Sparking a new option in ignition systems
By Peter Lert
Our aircraft may be made of the latest carbon composites; their instrument panels doubtlessly boast more computation capability than the Manhattan Project.
Yet chances are, if they’re powered by piston engines, their ignition systems are based on magnetos that Henry Ford could overhaul blindfolded.
Meanwhile, the cheapest econo-box goes motoring off to the supermarket with electronically-controlled ignition that starts instantly, hot or cold, and continually adjusts its timing to reflect engine loads and conditions.
Enter, at this point, Michael Kobylik and Peter Burgher of Electroair, in Howell, Michigan. Both have EAA pedigrees: Peter is a lifetime member, while Mike first came to Oshkosh in 1974 and has hardly missed a year since, even while getting an aeronautical engineering degree from Michigan State along the way.
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Frugal Flyer: Save some gas
By Dave Hirschman
Add right magnetos to the list of soon-to-be-obsolete airplane parts. Electronic ignitions have proven time and again that they can increase the top-end performance and fuel efficiency of aircraft engines, and they’ve flown hundreds of thousands of hours in mostly Experimental-category aircraft with impressive results.
Now, ElectroAir expects to become the first to offer an FAA-certified retrofit electronic ignition for Standard-category aircraft using one magneto (the left one) and a single electronic ignition. (Unison was the first to offer FAA-certified electronic ignitions in 2000 with its LASAR system that includes dual electronic ignitions and two magnetos.)
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