From: Matthew Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > If ther eis a switch for CHT .. would this be so you can manually > > adjust the > > temp if needed? > > No. Cylinder Head Temp is usually used to help you assess the health of > your engine.
CHT itself doesn't have a switch, it is purely a measurement. _However_ ... * Some people put EGT and CHT on the same dial and need a switch to select which output is being shown at any given time. * Like EGT, it is often useful to have a peak hold feature, in which case you need a switch to disable the peak hold. * You normally have one CHT sensor per cylinder (sometimes two), so you either need to have lots of dials, or a switch to select among them, or an electronic display to cycle through them, etc. * On a racing aircraft, I might be tempted to connect an autothrottle to the CHT (with a switch to disable it), just like a lot of acft have an autolean that operates the mixture on carburated engines. _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
