Originally Posted by
PiperCameron
I do find having the 'prop' control actually controlling the prop to be quite reassuring as opposed to a 'power' lever that kinda does it for you, unless it doesn't.
Except, of course, that the 'prop' control doesn't actually control the prop, it just kinda does (unless it doesn't) because it tells another (albeit mechanical) system to do it for you. I quite enjoyed the most recent video from Flight Chops in which he did a ground check-out in a Saab Safir, an aeroplane which actually has a prop control - that is, the control directly sets the pitch of the propeller, and it's up to you as the pilot to manually adjust that control to keep the RPM where you want it to be.