When I do engine out practice in my simulator, I would
guess that at most 10% of pilots adjust the prop for
best glide.  In the heat of the moment it is extremely
easy to forget this and the POH of the airplanes in
which most of us learned to fly complex airplanes
rarely mentions or emphasizes the increased gliding
distance that can be obtained by adjusting the prop.

On the other hand, with low oil pressure it may not be
possible to adjust the prop and/or the prop may go
into the default high RPM/low pitch configuation with
a prop governor malfunction.

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Richard Kaplan, CFII
rkaplan@flyimc.com
www.flyimc.com


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Richard Kaplan
rkaplan@flyimc.com
www.flyimc.com