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Old February 25th 08, 07:48 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Robert M. Gary
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Default Engine monitors in singles vs. multiengine aircraft

On Feb 25, 10:40*am, JB wrote:
On Feb 23, 4:48*pm, Mxsmanic wrote:

Is there a particular reason why engine monitors would be useful in a
single-engine aircraft but not useful in a multiengine aircraft? *I seem to
read about them only in connection with singles.


The reason is that single engine aircraft, of course, have only one
engine. *A multiengine aircraft has 2 or more engines. *You would
either have to guess which engine to attach the monitor to, or install
a bank of switches to jump back and forth between monitoring the
various engines. *I read somewhere that both configurations were
tried. *


Uh, that's like saying you don't want to put a monitor on a 6 cylinder
engine because you'd have to decide which of the 4 cylinders to
monitor. There is an easier solution; buy the montior that is
appropriate for your aircraft and it handles it fine.

-Robert