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Subdecks (4)

Cards (205)

  • Engine Instruments – Cylinder Head Temperature
    • Measures the temperature at one or more of the cylinder heads, this is at the top of the cylinder.
    • This can be used to warn of over-heating, pre-ignition, and detonation.
    - Pre-ignition – ignition of fuel-air mixture prior to the spark plug firing.
    - Detonation – spontaneous combustion of the remaining fuel-air mixture in the chamber after normal combustion by the spark plugs.