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Old 29th March 2020 | 15:58
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So you could have a pilot state that he increased the drag of the prop, by moving the lever forward.
Yes, and I sometimes do this just a little in my flying boat on very short final onto the water. I had it demonstrated to me aggressively in a Bellanca Viking decades back, however, the rapid drag rise I experienced, and transient RPM changes, seemed abusive to me. However, it's considered a poor technique for those engines with gear reduction, as the gears are not supposed to drive the engine. Some WW2 fighters had geared engines, though I agree that in combat, the pilot might disregard good technique in battle.
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