Engine monitors in singles vs. multiengine aircraft

JB writes:

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. Planes crashed because, inevitably, the monitor was always
attached to the engine that always worked fine (ha ha Murphy's Law) or
in the case of multiple switches, planes crashed because pilots became
disoriented flipping the switches or because they didn't keep both
hands on the wheel.

Engineers gave up so an engine monitor is no longer found on
multiengine aircraft.

What about multiple monitors?

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

Mxsmanic wrote in
:



What about multiple monitors?


There's limited desktop space in an airplane, fjukkktard

Bertie

On Feb 25, 2:48*pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
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

You know, I thought if I made my response SO outrageous and
ridiculous, no one ---and I mean NO ONE -- would think that I was
serious. (Except maybe MXS!) I WAS MAKING A SARCASTIC JOKE!!
sheesh!

--Jeff

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:15:03 -0800 (PST), JB wrote:

You know, I thought if I made my response SO outrageous and
ridiculous, no one ---and I mean NO ONE -- would think that I was
serious. (Except maybe MXS!) I WAS MAKING A SARCASTIC JOKE!!
sheesh!

I find that generally tone is unfortunately lost when translated to
print.

Besides, responding to it just keeps encouraging it. The longer we
keep feeding it the longer it will be before it goes away and the
place starts getting back to normal.