On Tuesday 29 July 2003 00:42, Richard Bytheway wrote:
> 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?

Yes, it uses the Continental 0-200  (100 HP) which is 4 cylinder.
From what I understand now the switch will switch between the 4 cylinders and 
the selected cylinder's temp will be displayed in the cht instrument.

Thanks for taking a look at it :)

Re's

WillyB



>
> 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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