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Who is C.H. Ignitions ?

C.H. Ignitions is owned and operated by Bill, Darlene, and Candy Carpenter.
Bill is an active model builder and flier and has been for more than sixty years. (A.M.A. 2500).
I started building and flying rubber powered and townie gliders during World War Two. Not much flying. I chased models for miles across the sand hills of Nebraska. I wish I could do that now.
We lived on a ranch 25 miles south of Bassett NE. I went on the free flight and then control line. I flew competition stunt for years, even at the nationals once in Olathe Kansas.
I built my first R\C model around 1955. This had an escapement for rudder control only. These also sometimes flew away. I would borrow a friends Piper Pacer (150 HP) & flaps and go find them. I flew R\C pattern for years, some scale and pylon racing. Now I fly "just for fun" sport flying. I mostly fly gas powered airplanes. I will never be a good 3-D flier but I try.
I have to go flying every change I get to do R&D (research and development). My wife calls it "Roar" and "Dink around". It's tough duty but someone has to do it!
I remember in 1949 a ran my first model engine with a glow plug and said I would never use another spark plug in model engines. How times have changed.
I built my first ignition for a model engine in 1979. I was told by a well known flier and writer not to quit my day job because "That thing will never sell". We have sold somewhere over 20,000 ignitions.
We actively test and fly all of our ignition products. At this time we only fly gas powered airplanes. Do not tell anyone but I do have a couple of electric airplanes. If I could have seen the simple Slow Stick when I was a kid, I would have thought I was in heaven.
C.H. Ignitions is the oldest and most successful manufacturer of electronic ignition systems for model airplanes in the world.

Note from bill
    Thank you for buying and using C.H. Ignitions and parts.
    We have been building and servicing ignitions and engines for over 30 years now. We are still number one in quality, dependability, availability and service. We are making some big changes here at C.H. Ignition. We have continually upgraded and improved our C.H. Ignitions. We have ignitions that are 20 years old, still in use and working fine!
    We have worked with many of the RPV (Remote Pilotless Vehicle) builders who use our ignitions. They have proven that the C.H. Ignitions are the one system that will stand up to the desert heat. Both of the airplanes that were recently flown form Newfoundland to Ireland were equipped with C.H. Ignitions. These RPV companies have been buying nearly all the Heavy Duty systems we can build.
    All of our C.H. Ignition systems are now the HD system with a new high output ignition circuit, our own computer timing control and a new spark coil (designed by one of the RPV engineers). This coil has a 30 KV output with a very low currant drain.
    The new HD systems are still fully serviceable and any part can be replaced. These systems come with Futaba battery and pulse switch connectors. We will install Deans connectors at no charge if requested. All wires are 22 gauge. The spark plug wire and metal spark plug cap provide full shielding. These caps are now standard on the HD systems. We can still do the rubber boots if you want. We now have these full metal caps for 14mm NGK BPMR6F, Champion RDJ6J-7J and NGK 10mm CM6 .
    With all these new features we have still been able to lower the price on all the HD C.H. systems. All C.H. HD systems now have a limited one year warranty. Not covered, of course, is crash damage, reversed battery polarity damage, damage from improper installation, and normal wear and tear.
    Bill Carpenter

Here is a photo of one of our original systems weighing over 8 oz. and our newest system at less than 4 oz.

WE ARE #1 ONE IN SALES , SERVICE AND RELIABILITY

We have been in business over 30 years. When we started out we converted some of the smaller glow
engines, both two and four stroke, to timed spark ignition. This was very successful, but times have
changed and now we do mostly the small Gas engines.
These are usually chain saw and weed whacker type engines and engines built just for R/C models.
C.H. supplies most of the major gas engine builders in the U.S. with Ignitions systems.
These include Fox, Challenge Tool, First Place Engines, and several others.
In addition we have C.H. Ignitions systems for the fine line of Zenoah and Evolution engines from
Horizon Model Distributors and Fuji engines from Great Plains. We have a bolt on kit for the Zenoah
G20 and G26 EI if you and tired of the 2 to 3 amp current drain of the Zenoah ignition.
We also have light weight Ignition conversion for some of the weed eater engines such as the
McCoullugh 28 & 32 CC., Home Lite 25 & 30 CC and the Roybi 31.

Most any small gas engine can be converted to our electronic ignition system.
We do not have timing kits for all engines, just the popular ones.
We have a universal timing kit that will work on many engines.
We have replacement ignitions for many of the engines that already have C.D.I. ignitions including
Brison, B.M.E., Fuji, Zenoah, 3-W, CRRC, DA, Thor, BCMA, Copperhead, ZDZ and most any other
gas engine that has a hall effect trigger.

Some of these engines have different wiring and plugs and will have to be rewired to work with our
C.H. ignitions. The easiest way to do this is to install a three pin Deans plug on both the ignition and
the pulse switch or replace the pulse switch with our switch. We can use Futuba or Deans plugs.
Some engines will have to have the timing reset to use the C.H. Ignitions or the CHRCEXL ignition.
If your engine now has the Falcon ignition your timing will have to be advanced about 25 degrees
to use our ignition.
Many fliers like to build up their own engines. C.H. is the place to get the parts for these conversions.
Call us to see if we can help you set up your engine.

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