Air travel is considered to be one of the safe modes of transport. And, we owe this safety to the aircraft engine monitoring system that is constantly keeping tabs on the functioning of the aircraft’s engines. Even a small anomaly is displayed on the monitors so that the pilots or the engineers may take corrective action before the problem gets out of hand.

A Mini Computer by Itself

An aircraft engine monitoring system consists of sensors linked to various strategic parts of the aircraft like the engine, landing gear, flaps, etc. Sensors also monitor the oil pressure, fuel pressure, engine temperature and so on. These sensors are then linked to display monitors in the cockpit. Each aircraft engine monitor is a mini-computer by itself, which reads the data and d ... Read more »