Originally Posted by
Oktas8
I think he was actually referring to Centaurus' scenario of catastrophic bearing failure leading to a seized propeller. Like you, I'm not aware of any scenarios like that in recent years.
Additionaly, my impression is that a stopped, but not feathered propeller is not a huge drag source, obviously feathered is best, but the *big* thing is to get the windmilling stopped, as a windmilling prop creates a huge amount of drag, far out of proportion to the form drag of the prop blades themselves
Anyone have actual test data comparing the drag of a feathered prop to a stopped but not feathered prop?