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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
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