Surefly SiM6C 6-Cylinder Continental Magneto Replacement

Overview

Features

Reliability

For SureFly customers, 500 hours is simply not good enough. SureFly Ignition Modules provide operators a 2,400 hour operating service time. No inspections, no rebuilds, no overhauls. That prevents scheduling headaches and down time. That saves money. Period.

Safety

SureFly Ignition Modules have no mechanical parts that wear and all solid-state electronics. There's no need to disassemble a SIM like a magneto every 500 hours - which eliminates the chance of introducing a maintenance related failure.

Performance

SureFly Ignition Modules deliver a more consistent spark energy with higher accuracy than traditional magnetos. Variable timing advance provides SureFly customers real fuel savings. Low power consumption and light weight (up to 2 lbs. lighter than a Bendix magneto) make SureFly Ignition Modules light on fuel and light on the wallet too.

Better Starts

SureFly perfectly controls timing at TDC below 400 rpm which combined with longer spark dwell and the option to use wider gapped spark plugs, makes starting a breeze, greatly minimizing wear and tear on high performance starters and electrical systems.

Trusted

SureFly Ignition Modules are hand built in Granbury, Texas almost entirely from components manufactured in Texas and Michigan. Designed, engineered, created and supported by the same team that brought you Sky-Tec starters and Plane-Power alternators, our approach to SureFly shares the same commitment, experience and passion for creating and bringing sensible, affordable solutions to the piston engine aviation market.

Value

With the low cost of the units, combined with SureFly's potential fuel savings and low maintenance/replacement costs, there is simply no better value in magneto replacements for Lycoming and Continental engines.

Specifications

• Aviation spark plugs – gapped .016 to .036
• Slick style harness – Shielded aviation harness
• Input voltage 6-30 volts
• Avg. Current @2700 500mA
• Retards spark to TDC for starts
• Up to 38 degrees Ignition advance – RPM & MP based
• Hall Effect sensors provide velocity and position input
• Manifold pressure sensor range – 6-74 inHg
• Operational temp range -35 to 250 F
• Minimum MTBF 2000 hrs
• No interval inspections
• RPM range 0-3500
• Voltage to bridge .036 spark plug gap
• Minimum 35mJ spark energy
• 50mJ nominal energy

Benefits

Intelligent Timing Advance
• All SureFly SIMs can be configured to operate in either fixed or variable timing. Variable timing controls spark advance up to 38º before TDC as determined by manifold pressure and RPM (engine power setting). Each engine's base timing advance is read off the data plate and set into the SureFly Ignition Module or, "SIM" at installation. The timing advance schedule is hard set at the factory, when the SIM is manufactured, to provide the highest possible combustion efficiency.

To operate the SIM in variable timing mode, the engine onto which the SIM is installed must comply with the following requirements:

• 1. Normally aspirated,
• 2. Have Cylinder Head Temperature (CHT) monitoring capability,
• 3. Use minimum of 100-octane low lead aviation fuel.
No Mechanical Points
• Not only are points and condensers a point of failure in magneto ignitions, so are rotors and caps as they carbon track and provide alternate paths to ground as resistance builds in the system. That's why SureFly utilizes none of these antiquated technologies. SureFly components are all solid state and industrial-grade electronics.
  
  The result is zero maintenance, zero overhauls, no rebuilds, and no maintenance costs whatsoever! Nothing to wear. Nothing to maintain. Run it to 2,400 hours of SIM operation.

Documents

• Installation Information
• For the most accurate and up to date information see SureFly FAQs

Eligibility

View the latest eligibility chart at SureFly.aero Application Guide

If any of the following items apply to your installation, please call SureFly at +1 817-373-5161 before proceeding with the purchase or installation of a SureFly Ignition Module:

1. Your aircraft tachometer is one of the following:

   1. Horizon,
   2. Electronics International,
   3. EFIS or Engine Monitor that requires magneto P lead inputs,
   4. EFIS or Engine Monitor that requires a 0-5 volt square wave input,
2. Your aircraft has more than one engine,
3. Your aircraft has an existing electronic ignition,

4. Your aircraft has one of the following STC’s:

   1. Western Skyways Turbo STC,
   2. Auto Fuel STC.