Questions tagged [constant-speed-propeller]

Aircraft with variable pitch propellers usually have a red arc on the propeller speed gauge somewhere between about 500 and 1000 rpm, often accompanied by placard like "stabilized propeller operation between 500 rpm and 1000 rpm is prohibited" (the…

I flew a motorglider with an MT-7-A electric CS prop which takes 90 seconds to fully feather. Contrast that to a hydraulic governed prop, which takes just a few seconds to go from one extreme to the other. Quite the shocking difference! Compared to…

On an airplane with a constant speed prop, the prop lever typically controls the RPM (pitch) of prop, and the throttle controls the power, measured as Manifold Pressure ("MP"). However, at low power settings with the prop lever full forward, there…