On Sunday 04 July 2010 16:26:30 Melchior FRANZ wrote: > * HB-GRAL -- Sunday 04 July 2010: > > what is your reference for this torque instrument? > > This may have been the (main) reference: > > > http://www.airliners.net/photo/Generalitat-de-Catalunya/MBB-BO-105CBS-5/043 >8320/L/ > > * Ron Jensen -- Monday 05 July 2010: > > This is probably to make the needle point in a "logical" direction, so > > the pilot doesn't actually have to _read_ the instrument, just see the > > needle is pointed up... > > That was one of my explanations, but I'm not totally convinced. 100% is not > a value that you usually want. And why are the instruments often mounted > with 45% degree? The triple-tacho's needles normally point to the left > Engine N1 somewhere down, TOT down left. Quite a mess ... > > m.
It actually looks like, in that cockpit shot, nominal engine needles would be pointing left. ToT, N1, Torque, tach.. Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
