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Originally Posted by ElAurens
It should be quite obvious with the drop off in power, rise in temps as shown on the gauges ( you do look at your gauges don't you? ), and the terrible grinding clanking noises eminating from your power plant.
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Yes, it's generally obvious when a single-engined plane is in trouble. For multi-engined planes, not so much.
A HUD message indicating problems with the engine would be helpful for people flying without the cockpit, people with small/single monitors and/or without Track-IR or equivalent technology to quickly check the gauges.
It would also be helpful for people flying an unfamiliar plane or a plane where the gauges are in a foreign language or in an obscure location. (Wait, you don't know exactly where the oil pressure gauge is on the Avia B.534 and you don't speak Czech? Obviously, you're not hard-core enough!
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In any case, a HUD message indicating a problem with an engine would be realistic for planes with a co-pilot and/or flight engineer, assuming that the HUD serves as a substitute for the intercomm system.