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Title: a question about rpm
Post by: Mister Fork on March 22, 2004, 08:25:49 PM

I had a Tempest reduced to 3000rpm.  In a dive, the RPM went back up to max and I couldn't reduce it. I know that an accelerated dive will not allow you to reduce RPM, but my dive speed was constant yet I could not reduce the RPM from max.  Is that a property of diving and stress on the RPM that is realistic or an error?

When I think about it, diving in any aircraft puts huge stress on the engine and in particular the prop - but does that negate a pilots effort to reduce engine RPM while lowering altitude?

Title: a question about rpm
Post by: hitech on March 23, 2004, 08:01:46 AM

Once the prop is Max Pitch, i.e. physicly up against the stop. Trying to reduce RPM will have no effect.

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