I need help with variable pitch propellers

Dowly · 03-28-09, 01:48 PM

Be quiet Hurrijockey.

Schroeder · 03-28-09, 05:08 PM

Actually all planes with a constant speed propeller (I think that is the English name for that) will benefit from the tactics described above.

Fincuan · 03-29-09, 08:47 AM

Schröder pretty much nailed it.

I use it quite similarily:
Take off and final approach: 100%
Level flight: The same as throttle
Climb: Usually the same as throttle, or 100%.
Dive: 100% up to 450-500 km/h IAS, then to 80%, then to 50%. When speed drops again after the dive I put it back to 100% around 600-650 km/h IAS. I've only really tested this with P-38s, P-47s, P-51s and the mid-to-late-war Navy rides, so no idea how it works on other aircraft.

03-28-09, 05:08 PM	#2
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Actually all planes with a constant speed propeller (I think that is the English name for that) will benefit from the tactics described above. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

03-28-09, 01:48 PM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,054 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Be quiet Hurrijockey.

03-29-09, 08:47 AM	#3
Fincuan Admiral Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Suomi, sauna, puukko, perkele Posts: 2,346 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	Schröder pretty much nailed it. I use it quite similarily: Take off and final approach: 100% Level flight: The same as throttle Climb: Usually the same as throttle, or 100%. Dive: 100% up to 450-500 km/h IAS, then to 80%, then to 50%. When speed drops again after the dive I put it back to 100% around 600-650 km/h IAS. I've only really tested this with P-38s, P-47s, P-51s and the mid-to-late-war Navy rides, so no idea how it works on other aircraft.