>It's a Lycoming O-235. Actually, it's not a Light Sport airplane, but I figured if anybody had found such a device it would be the Light Sport group. The plane has an Alternator switch and a Field switch that I inadvertently forgot to turn on after starting the engine. (I skipped the item on the checklist.) (I'm not even real sure WHY it even has these switches because I can't figure out WHY anybody wouldn't want their alternator working at ALL times
A plane I used to fly had that, too... the switches were keyed, so you could not turn the field switch on, unless the battery switch was on too. I think the reason there is the separate field switch, is so you can basically disable the alternator, in case it (or your regulator?) fails in flight... at least you still have battery supplying juice to the avionics.
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