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Old 28th Nov 2011, 16:09
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on a free turbine the prop will with feather when all oil presure is lost .
Not on all types. If counterweights and/or springs are involved, the above is true.

But if it's solely a double-acting hydraulic system (H-S Hydromatic e.g.) then centrifugal force on the blades proper will tend to move them to low pitch/high rpm, constrained only by pitchlocks.
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