Lesson 4 - Piston Engines & Starting Flashcards
Petrol engines always use what ignition?
Spark Plugs
Diesel Engines always use “?” to initiate combustion
Heat
The electric starter motor is powered by the…
Battery
The starter motor drives the engine via…
a gearbox or toothed gear on the engine flywheel
When the starter motor starts the engine how does it disengage?
Via the overrun clutch
A starter warning light illuminates whilst the starter is engaged if the light remains on for more than 30 seconds what should you do?
Shut down the engine.
As the engine begins to rotate it drives two or more magnetos which
Generate High Tension electricity to power the spark plugs
A belt driven alternator supplies power to…
The aircraft systems.
The critical components of the ignition system are duplicated for?
Redundancy so any single failure doesn’t result in loss of engine
