Electric System - Rotax 912 series Operator's Manual

9.4)

Electric system

See fig. 11.
The ROTAX 912 A engine is equipped with a dual ignition unit of a
breakerless, capacitor discharge design, with an integrated generator.
The ignition unit is completely free of maintenance and needs no external
power supply.
Two independent charging coils (1) located on the generator stator supply
one ignition circuit each. The energy is stored in capacitors of the electronic
modules (2). At the moment of ignition 2 each of the 4 external trigger coils
(3) actuate the discharge of the capacitors via the primary circuit of the dual
ignition coils (4).
Firing order: 1-4-2-3.
NOTE:
5
3
1
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The 5 trigger coil (5) is planned for rev. counter signal.
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fig. 7
AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Ignition circuit A
2
Ignition circuit B
4
4
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July 01/98