He had forgotten to turn on one of the magnetos.

He had to gas up and have one of his magnetos checked before taking off, so he's just left.

Two magnetos were mounted on the outside of each cylinder bank.

The first magnetos only converted a few percent of mechanical energy to electricity.

He moved back to France to make spark plugs and magnetos.

She pushed in the throttle and flicked off the magnetos.

There was just enough elemental sense in him to switch off the magnetos and the fuel.

Magnetos thus established a small niche for themselves as lighting generators.

Similar magnetos have also been used in hand torches.

Due to their reliability, magnetos are used as ignition systems on aircraft.

By 1918 1,000 employees were making vehicle electrics and aircraft magnetos.

The magnetos generated power to send electricity over the telegraph wire.

Magnetos are also used on many small airplanes because they are extremely reliable.

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The Weber carburetors were also changed, and distributors replaced magnetos.

There were two sparking plugs per cylinder and twin magnetos.

Magnetos date from the earliest days of electrical engineering.

In contrast magnetos were not generally used, as they were inadequately powerful.

One useful technique was to check the magnetos while already rolling rather than from a "braked" start.

Aircraft engines usually have multiple magnetos to provide redundancy in the event of a failure.

He did want to know if he should plant the blue variety or switch to the magnetos."

Such magnetos are used to generate currents for the ignition of internal combustion engines.

Twin Bosch magnetos were driven from the tail of the central camshaft.

One popular and common use of magnetos of today is for powering lights on bicycles.

Magnetos were once considered a more reliable ignition source, but have the disadvantage of having fixed timing.