Engine monitors in singles vs. multiengine aircraft

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.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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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.


You are an idiot


Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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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.

You don't know **** from Shinola.

Then you don't read enough
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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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.

On Feb 23, 1:48*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.

What?????

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.

My god, you don't know **** from shinola.

--
Jim Pennino

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In the northern hemisphere they are most commonly usually used on
engines turning counterclockwise as seen from the front of the
aircraft on twins, and they are especially important above latitudes
35 degrees or so.

ref JIR 24, 137


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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.

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. 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.

--Jeff

On Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:40:35 -0800 (PST), 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. 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.

WTF?
http://www.jpinstruments.com/edm_twin.html

Please don't feed the troll.

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?