Originally Posted by AerocatS2A
Turbines vary in how their controls are setup, the following is for the PW123 fitted to Dash 8s... The condition levers control the propellor RPM and feathering, and also acts as the fuel shutoff to shut the engine down...
...and as a result the prop is feathered on every shutdown. This is typical of most free-turbine engines.
Single-shaft engines (T56, TPE331 etc.) must go to full low pitch (fine pitch if you prefer) on a ground shutdown, to permit the engine to be restarted without overtemp.
