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Subject:re: Gauged animals
Date:Fri, 10 Nov 1995 16:52:17 -0800

> > >>>EF0JPB1@mvs.cso.niu.edu said:
>
>     > > When I saw the above notation, I envisioned *four* gauges,
>     > > one for each cylinder. Is this overkill? Is this
>     > > obsession? Is this insurance? Is there a 4-cylinder gauge?
>     >
>     > So, yes, you can just go out and buy one. Go to your local BIG
>     >newsstand and get a copy of "Trade-a-Plane", and browse the ads for
>     >guages and sensors...
>     >
>     > Mind you, none of this stuff is cheap. Single CHT or EGT guages
>     >for aircraft typically cost on the order of $200. Yow. It's the
>     >paperwork, see, it has to exceed the weight of the part or it's not
>     >safe for an airplane.
>
>     If you read the ads carefully, you can avoid the cost of the
>     paperwork. Get guages for "experimental aircraft" or "amateur built
>     aircraft". These do not have the paperwork, are not legal on
>     regular planes, but will do just fine on anyone's bus! Also, aircraft
>     junkyards advertise in Trade-A-Plane, and you can get these things
>     used too.
>
>     Tom F.
>

Uh, or you could just get four senders and a rotary switch which is all a
plane has...
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