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Old 22nd March 2012 | 12:51
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barit1
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Exaviator - That's because the HS Hydromatic hub has no springs and no counterweights. Left to its own devices, a prop blade will migrate toward low pitch simply because of centrifugal force on each molecule in the blade; and once this starts, rpm increases, which in turn increases the centrifugal force. That's the very definition of a runaway prop.

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