Originally Posted by
stilton
Does anyone know if it was possible to feather one of the props on these particular aircraft ?
No, they are both driven off the engine, in fact you cannot feather any Spitfire prop, there is no point, if the engine fails you are going down and a feathering prop and all the gubbins would just add weight.
The only advantage of feathering is on a twin or more to reduce the drag on the failed engine and to limit damage to it so the other engine can keep you flying.
I do believe there is a Seafire floating around with the facility, but that is because they fitted an ex Shackleton engine, so as it had the facility they added it. On that you would feather both as if you could do only one the other would still be causing drag and trying to turn the engine… see
https://www.thegrowler.org.uk/avrosh...leton-data.htm
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