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Old 5th Apr 2019, 01:16
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in case of an engine failure the fine pitch setting could assist a windmill start
No it wont. The engine is a free turbine, so rotation of the N2 (prop) does nothing in getting the N1 to rotate. N1 has to be a minimum of 12% prior to introduction of fuel for a start.
in case of a prop (governor) failure, the fine pitch setting will allow a go-around, at the expense of cruise performance
Power available would be minimal. From a flight manual.

PROPELLER GOVERNOR - Under normal conditions, the governor acts as a constant speed unit, maintaining the propeller speed selected by the pilot by varying the propeller blade pitch to match the load to the engine torque. The propeller governor also has a power turbine governor section built into the unit. Its function is to protect the engine against a possible power turbine overspeed in the event of a propeller governor failure. If such an overspeed should occur, a governing orifice in the propeller governor is opened by flyweight action to bleed off compressor discharge pressure through the governor and computing section of the fuel control unit. When this occurs, compressor discharge pressure, acting on the fuel control unit governor bellows, decreases and moves the metering valve in a closing direction, thus reducing fuel flow to the flow divider.

PROPELLER OVERSPEED GOVERNOR - The governor acts as a safeguard against propeller overspeed should the primary propeller governor fail. The propeller overspeed governor regulates the flow of oil to the propeller pitch-change mechanism by means of a flyweight and speeder spring arrangement similar to the primary propeller governor. Because it has no mechanical controls, the overspeed governor is equipped with a test solenoid that resets the governor below its normal overspeed setting for ground test. The OVERSPEED GOVERNOR PUSH TO TEST Switch is located on the left side of the instrument panel.

PROPELLER - The propeller is constant-speed, full-feathering, reversible, single-acting, governor-regulated propeller. A setting introduced into the governor with the PROP RPM lever establishes the propeller speed. The propeller utilizes oil pressure which opposes the force of springs and counter-weights to obtain correct pitch for the engine load. Oil pressure from the propeller governor drives the blades toward low pitch (increases RPM) while the springs and counterweights drive the blades toward high pitch (decreasing RPM). The source of oil pressure for propeller operation is furnished by the engine oil system, boosted in pressure by the governor gear pump, and supplied to the propeller hub through the propeller flange.
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