However did we survive ?
Teaching folks over the years about Engine problems from simple failures to some confusing kinds of failures, one thing was plain and that was very few folks understood how to trouble shoot the failures.
The Engineering thought that put Torque Gauges into Helicopters failed to consider how dependent (sometimes way too improperly) Pilots become on that particular device.
I wish the Torque gauges were smaller in size and lower in the stack of engine gauges than the N1/Ng gauges. It would sure have helped in figuring out which engine had the problem.
Of all the Engine instruments I see the Torquemeter as being of the lesser value than the Nr and N1/Ng gauges during trouble shooting engine problems.
One Man's Opinion of course.