FADEC, LASOR ignition, ECUs, electronic injection, common rail for diesels, that is progress???
I thought we were talking magnetos here. And the one overiding quality of mags is that they are independent of the electrical system and continue to keep an engine running without electrical power.
All the gismos above require power, and are totally useless when the fan belt breaks or a short knocks out the electrical system. In fact with all that electronics on board a simple electrical failure will lose the engine and you will be looking for somewhere flat to put down your can of electronic goodies.
We have had this discussion here before, and IMO the advantages of diesel (simplicity, economy, reliability) have been trashed by Thielert and their ill concieved super complex and unreliable engines.
There are plenty of really good diesel designs out there which have not made it to the market because Thielert hogged the development money with their honeyed words. Now having soured the market they continue with their over complex turkeys.
