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A lot of those gauges were on airplanes decades and decades ago, they just weren't in cheap GA airplanes. EGT, Manifold Pressure, etc.. were on planes before W
by ben7799 3y ago
A lot of those gauges were on airplanes decades and decades ago, they just weren't in cheap GA airplanes.
EGT, Manifold Pressure, etc.. were on planes before WWII IIRC.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoIndeed, EGT, CHT, Manifold Pressure and RPM were all available on the real Lockheed Super Constellation as well as the pre-WWII Lockheed Constellation. They also have a gauge labelled 'Brake Mean Engine Pressure', which also reports a super useful piece of information for working out the ideal mixture.
- buildsjets 3y agoTo be noted, they also had a flight engineer on board who was tasked to monitor all of those indications, and to operate the engines and aircraft system based on the indications.
- seabass-labrax 3y agoNo such prudent measures are taken with my flight simulator. But I'm somewhat proud of being able to manage as captain, first officer, radio man, navigator and flight engineer simultaneously. Crash rate is down to one in tens of flights as well ;)