Re: [OM] Typhoon

[Chris Trask]

>
>It’s a clever system.  The constant speed prop on a piston-engined aircraft 
>works on similar 
>principles: by maintaining a constant RPM as the speed increases the 
>propellor’s angle of incidence 
>is increased to maintain the same effective angle of attack.  Without this 
>system the thrust would 
>decrease with the increase in IAS – which is what happens with fixed-pitch 
>props.
>

     The throttle response is instantaneous as there is no rotational momentum 
to be dealt with.  A wooden prop on a light plane has remarkably better 
response than a metal prop on the same engine as they are lighter.


Chris

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