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Old 18th Oct 2016, 13:31
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sycamore
 
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If the RPM is fixed at speed `x`,then that is a particular angle of attack; if the speed changes,then the prop governor(CSU)will adjust the blade angle,so that the same angle of attack is maintained,irrespective of the `size` of the vectors corresponding to that angle of attack.The same applies if the a/c slows down.(accepting that there are transient changes in blade angle).
If the pitch is fixed,RPM can only be maintained by reducing throttle,as stated earlier.
Badly worded question,and rather unfair..
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