18.5 — Engine Indication Systems

This chapter is about what an electric power plant tells the people who fly it and maintain it: how much power, torque and speed it is producing; the voltage, current and state of charge of its batteries; the temperatures of the motor, the inverter and the batteries; the warning, caution and advisory systems that sort conditions by urgency; and the ways an indication shows that it has itself failed. It carries 5 of the 76 Module 18 questions. Conventional engine …