Atom 80 cht guage advice needed

[Mark_JC]

Can anyone advise which is the best temp probe for the atom 80. I have a runleader unit but the sparkplug temp monitor has broken.

Is it better to use one of the cylindrical probes rather than the plug mounted one? There's not much room in there.

Thanks in advance.

Mark 

 

[simonhunny]

hey Mark, I have 2 atoms with over 500 hrs trouble free running, never needed a CHT & when I used to use them on my old moster it was a major distraction & had me chasing shadows. I have over 1000 happy hours of paramotor flying without being scared by erroneous cht readings (in my early days I used them but they tend to be very unreliable)

[Mark_JC]

11 hours ago, simonhunny said:

hey Mark, I have 2 atoms with over 500 hrs trouble free running, never needed a CHT & when I used to use them on my old moster it was a major distraction & had me chasing shadows. I have over 1000 happy hours of paramotor flying without being scared by erroneous cht readings (in my early days I used them but they tend to be very unreliable)

That's very good advice thanks.

I was thinking of soldering a wire onto the body of the thermocouple, to secure it, and then slot it between two fins. The bit that fits under the plug is broken off but it will still work.

But if I find I'm distracted and not looking out for traffic, or I end up worrying about problems that do not exist, I'll bin it.