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<blockquote data-quote="ConstitutionCowboy" data-source="post: 3143582" data-attributes="member: 745"><p>Some small aircraft now have keys for the "mag switch" which is similar to the ignition switch on a car. Other aircraft sometimes have a lock on the door.</p><p></p><p>Aircraft designer <a href="http://www.aerostaraircraft.com/TedSmith.html" target="_blank">Ted Smith</a> designed the Aero Commander and the Aerostar to use the same door key. I used to have one of those keys on my key chain for convenience. I had customers who had Aero Commanders and a customer who had an Aerostar. I don't know, but I'd be willing to bet the other aircraft he designed used the same door key as well.</p><p></p><p>It would be easier to steal a large, more 'complicated' airplane that couldn't use and didn't have a simple 'key start' ignition switch. First turn on the master switch, engage the starter to begin spooling up the turbine(s) and energize the ignition, when a certain RPM is reached, the fuel is introduced which ignites, and when "idle speed" is reached, the starter is disengaged. Viola!</p><p></p><p>Woody</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ConstitutionCowboy, post: 3143582, member: 745"] Some small aircraft now have keys for the "mag switch" which is similar to the ignition switch on a car. Other aircraft sometimes have a lock on the door. Aircraft designer [URL='http://www.aerostaraircraft.com/TedSmith.html']Ted Smith[/URL] designed the Aero Commander and the Aerostar to use the same door key. I used to have one of those keys on my key chain for convenience. I had customers who had Aero Commanders and a customer who had an Aerostar. I don't know, but I'd be willing to bet the other aircraft he designed used the same door key as well. It would be easier to steal a large, more 'complicated' airplane that couldn't use and didn't have a simple 'key start' ignition switch. First turn on the master switch, engage the starter to begin spooling up the turbine(s) and energize the ignition, when a certain RPM is reached, the fuel is introduced which ignites, and when "idle speed" is reached, the starter is disengaged. Viola! Woody [/QUOTE]
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