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Rob Ray; from Rob’s email 07/07: The Electroair Igniton is the absolute best electronic ignition for any aircraft, anywhere, anytime!" I put one in my RV4 in 1998 and put 1300 hours on it and it's still running strong with the new owner. My current aircraft is a Harmon Rocket 2 pictured here alongside my friend Mark Culpeppers HR2. My Rocket has an electroair ignition and a Lycon modified IO-540A4B5 putting out close to 300HP at 2700 RPM. The performance is almost as much fun as the F16! Thanks for another great system!
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Charlie Calivas; from Charlie’s email 07/07:… here is the requested picture of my now 18 year old RV-6. N277BC; Details: Built 1989, the second 6 kit completed. Lyc-320 160 hp. TT -1840hrs; Electronic ignition 14 years for 1400 hrs no failure, no maintenance.
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John McAvoy; from John’s phone call 03/07: 2600 hours on system; have gone through three Bendix Mags in that time; Bendix Mag quits after 15,000ft, have gone to 25,000ft regularly …
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Chuck Brietigam; from Chuck’s email 02/07: I very much appreciate ALL your help and support! I have over 430 hours on my RV-3 with your Electroair ignition firing the bottom plugs. And, it has performed flawlessly!! (Note: Chuck is working on an RV-6 w/ IO-540 ignited by an Electroair EIS – way to go Chuck!)
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Al Paxhia; from Al’s email 01/07: The Murphy Moose is powered with a Lycoming IO540 EXP with 10:1 compression, balanced and flow balanced, built by Lycon.
Other accessories are Electroair (Jeff Rose) electronic ignition, Forsling tuned exhaust system and an Airflow Performance, boost pump and NOS injection system.
The engine dyno's at 430 HP at 2700 RPM with the NOS and 330 HP without it. So far no need to use the NOS, the airplane performs good enough without it.
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Andrew Karmy; from Andrews’s phone call 10/06: …500 hours and running strong …
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Steve Marsh; from Steve’s email 08/06: Great ignition... 6 years and 750 hrs in my RV-4 flown all over the country... Never misses a beat. I'm pictured at Mammoth Lakes one of my favorite fishing holes.
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Mark Robinson; from Mark’s phone call 04/06: …Four year old system and it has run flawlessly through 400 hours …
Mark’s RV-9A was winner of the Airventure 2005 Outstanding Workmanship – Kit Built. Congratulations Mark on a job well done!
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Jeff Paden; from Jeff’s email 04/06: The aircraft, (N640JP), is a Zenair CH-640 which I completed on 10/24/2004… When I built the CH-640 I wanted to make sure that I built the safest aircraft that I could and electronic ignition was at the top of my list! The engine is a Lycoming IO-540 260 HP which is 80 hp larger than the recommended engine for the CH-640.
I now have a little over 100 hours on this aircraft and I could not be happier with the ignition system. I was told that my 260 hp engine would burn about 14 to 16 gallons of fuel per hour but I have found that I only burn 10 to 12. I don't know for sure if I have your ignition system to thank for this, but I would bet it has a
big part in my GREAT fuel efficiency. Support during installation was wonderful and even a year after installing it you guys were great about getting back to me quickly when I had a question about what I should inspect during the annual.
Thank you for a GREAT product and even better support.
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Chuck Kullberg; from Chuck’s email 02/06: …Here's my flying machine.
RV6A, 150 HP Lycoming 0-320 Electroair Ignition in place of right mag.
150 hrs. so far …
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Mike King, RV-6; from Mike's email 01/06: I completed the replacement of the LH Mag, checked the timimg, and after tidying up some of the wiring and other items removed for access, I gave the 'plane a short ground run. Using both ignition systems for start, gave an almost instantaneous result, and the engine ran smoothly from idle to 1800 RPM.
Mike just completed the EIS installation on his beautiful RV-6, seen here flying over a countryside in New Zealand. Congratulations Mike & Happy Flying!
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Norman Heath, RV-6; from Norm's email 12/05: A/C was built by Dick Steffens in Mooresville, N.C. and completed in 1998. I purchased it in Jan of '04 with approximately 225 hrs. TTSN and have put another 80 hrs on it since then.
I can say that your Electroair Ignition system has performed extremely well, giving reliable starts and excellent in flight performance since I have owned this aircraft.
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William Rumberg, Lancair; from Bill's email 11/05: I installed my dual Electroair ignitions about ten years ago and have been flying with them for 8 years now. Not alot of hours, only 280.
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Scott Jordon, RV-8: from Scott’s email 09/05: Here is a photo of my RV-8 and Tony Castellano's RV-6. Both are equipped with Electroair ignitions and have been trouble free.
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Steve Wright, Stagger-EZ: from Steve’s email 07/05: I have 200 hours on the Stagger EZs XP0-360 now and the Electroair has been doing well. I can go to high altitude 12000 to 13000 and reduce power and lean way beyond lean of peak and maintain 150 knots TAS and burn 6.2 gallons per hour.
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Chris Kleen, RV-6; from Chris’ email 07/05: The attached is a photo of our RV6 that was completed in January of 2004. Since then my wife and I have traveled the entire west coast and our most incredible adventure to the Cayman Islands.
We purchased the kit partially completed from another builder who had
already purchased the EIS through Jeff Rose. Although being a first time
builder, from what I had been able to gain in information from the building
community Jeff's system is a very performance enhancing and dependable
system. The information was spot on. At 300+ hours on the Hobbs in a year
and a half of flying in this plane the EIS has made it a joy to operate.
The engine is a Lycoming IO 320 with 10:1 pistons, balanced and blue
printed by Performance Arrow in La Vern California. Just this last weekend
returning from the Pacific Northwest we were at eleven thousand five
hundred, 20", 23 RPM, a fuel burn of 6.9, at 156 kts. As a matter of economy and efficiency we could not ask for better.
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Lynn Crawford, Long-EZ; from Lynn’s email 07/05: The was my longest and probably most enjoyable trip taken to date: 6400 miles, coast to coast while participating in the 2003 1000 mile Air Venture Cup Race which was part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of powered flight and 50th anniversary of the EAA. This photo was taken at Oshkosh just after landing at the end of the Race. My plane and Rose ignition performed flawlessly. I now have nearly 400 hours of problem free flight time on my Rose ignition.
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Scott Spencer, RV-4; from Scott’s email 06/05: Thanks Again! Glad to know that the Electroair Ignition is still available and supported... Here are a couple shots of the RV. It's fixed pitch O-320 low compression, 150 HP. It was first in the O-320 RV class in 2003 (there were 10 planes in the class -and I also beat the slowest three RV's in the O-360 class).
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Rob Ray, RV-4: Customer since 1998. So happy with the unit he has ordered another one for his next RV. By looking at Rob’s other airplane, it’s safe to say that Rob knows something about performance!
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Pete Burgher, Airboat: Here Pete and his wife Elinor are cruising around the waterways by their home in Florida. Pete was so happy with the product that he bought the company! Pete and his partner Mike Kobylik are the new owners of Electroair and are looking forward supporting and expanding the Electroair market.
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