Rolls Royce Meteor Magneto trouble

Rolls Royce Meteor Magneto trouble

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tracer.adlam

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16 posts

245 months

Saturday 19th June 2004
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have a Mk 4B Rolls royce meteor engine EX centurian tank. I am using this engine to power my replica spitfire as its basically a Merlin without a supercaharger. The problem is the mags are knackered and i need to replace the mags with electronic ignition problem is i dont haver a clue how to go about it. The salvage squad on the tele used a V12 Jag system when they restored a tank but how they did i dont know.
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deltaf

6,806 posts

260 months

Saturday 19th June 2004
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See the responses posted in General Gassing too.

WLAcopilote

2,180 posts

249 months

Wednesday 4th August 2004
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I would have thought that the CAA would object to anything other than magnetos as an ignition system on an aero engine. Is the Meteor CAA certified for aviation use? I understand it is the same engine but is it built and tested to the same standards?