Propeller Pitch Control
Quiz
- Generally, the automatic propellers provided a lower pitch setting for ?
- Decending
- Takeoff and climb
- Cruise
- The centrifugal twisting moment of the blades tends to move them into ?
- Low pitch
- High pitch
- No pitch change
- The motor brake is in the locked position until the motor is --------------- ?
- Brake mode
- De energized
- Energized
- Most of the Hartzell aluminum and steel hub models use centrifugal force acting on blade counterweights to ?
- Increase rpm
- Decrease blade pitch
- Increase blade pitch
- The governor is set for a specifc RPM through the use of the-----------,which compresses or releases tension on the governor speeder spring ?
- Propeller control
- Manifold control
- Throttle control
- During takeoff, when maximum power and thrust are required, the constant-speed propeller is at a ------------- propeller blade angle or pitch ?
- High
- Low
- Maximum
- The propeller control system is divided into -------------- types of control ?
- One
- Two
- Three
- Propeller governor consists of a-------------- to increase the pressure of the input oil from the engine ?
- Centrifugal pump
- Gear pump
- Variable displacement pump
- A propeller brake is often incorporated into the ?
- Governor
- Prop hub
- Gearbox
- Primary blade angle (PBA) is the minimum blade angle allowed for------------- operation ?
- During ground run
- Taxi
- Flight