Here are the top 10 tips on installation of a Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) probe in your aircraft:

1. Before you even open the package containing the TIT probe, you need to do a little planning i.e. determine the exact location of hole for placing the TIT probe and while doing so, ensure that there is nothing nearby that would interfere with the probe, clamp, clamp screw or wire of the TIT probe.
2. Provide service loops at the instrument – you don’t want to run out of wire during maintenance at some future date.
3. Provide service loops at the engine end as well so that the probe can be swapped to adjacent cylinder positions for troubleshooting purposes.
4. Ensure a ... Read more »