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Old 7th Feb 2015, 09:57
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Why is the propeller programmed to feather with somewhere near 50% power available?
Originally Posted by porterhouse
Most likely 50% was misquoted, the number looks a bit high indeed, in fact a typical range for auto-feather to kick in is around the bottom 10%-15% of the available torque green arc range.
ATPCS (auto-feather and uptrim) is triggered when the torque on one of the engines goes below 18%.
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