PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Aurigny Trilander Aircraft
View Single Post
Old 1st May 2011, 09:17
  #1 (permalink)  
depolox4
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Midlands
Posts: 5
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Aurigny Trilander Aircraft

I have occasion to fly to Alderney now and again, and as always in a Trilander. This last trip I was sitting in the row just behind the pilot, and at the top of the climb I noticed he adjusted the throttle then adjusted the RPM levers (to synchronise the RPM of each engine maybe?), my question is: How can the RPM change without the throttles being altered. Does the RPM lever alter the pitch of the propellers thus taking more or less "bite" of the air, or are the throttle and RPM controls interconnected.

Thanks

Last edited by depolox4; 1st May 2011 at 10:24. Reason: Spelling
depolox4 is offline