In the spirit of trying to keep power required and power available separate, I'd like to know if there is a way to determine power available from a piston engine -
How do you determine if the MP gauge is not calibrated correctly? Can there be blockage from the engine to the gauge that might affect it?
Is there any way to measure compression at the cylinder directly? Has anyone made sensors that can be easily retrofitted for this? It seems to me that compression can go down pretty quickly, so periodic checks by maintenance might not be the answer.
Interesting situation, and I wonder why it's taken us so long to realize it (or perhaps, why I didn't understand this a lot earlier...)