Turboprop Descent Power
I have a little experience with recips and jets, but no experience with turboprops.
I've a question:
- What's the power setting you use for descent, and why?
- Do you use some kind of cruise power descent, as the recips do, or you do the idle (and more efficient too) descent the jets do?
My main concern is the minimum torque I can set without increasing the drag. In my A36 Bonanza I usually set 16 inches of manifold and 1800RPM, wich is, I think, the minimum manifold set I can fly without creating propeller drag and freezing the engine.
What about the turboprops? What's the minimum torque for minimum thrust and minimum drag?
Thank's!