It looks like the switch is marked "CHT Select" in the top part of the image. Does 
this aircraft have a 4 cylinder engine by any chance?

Richard

> -----Original Message-----
> From: WillyB [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 28 July 2003 8:10 pm
> To: FlightGear developers discussions
> Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] Instrument help
> 
> 
> Hmmmm....
> 
> Ok, I'm probably confusing the switch then.
> 
> I resized and enhanced the photos and have attached the new 
> one I made from 
> it.
> 
> Is that 4 position switch for the C HT or am I totally wrong on that?
> 
> Re's
> WillyB
> 
> 
> 
> On Monday 28 July 2003 11:42, Alex Perry wrote:
> > 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.
> >

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