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From: Barry Hancock <radialpower@cox.net>
Subject: Prop pitch with pressure loss
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On Aug 6, 2004, at 9:15 AM, Richard Kaplan wrote:

> 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.

I have often contemplated the wisdom of this configuration.  I fly 
Russian warbird aircraft with M14P radials on them as well, and the 
failure mode is high pitch....seems to make a LOT more sense to me.  
Can someone enlighten me on why (from a philosophical standpoint) the 
engines that spin the other way (i.e. American) throw then prop to high 
drag upon pressure loss?

Thanks in advance!

Barry
N122LL