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?
