Prop feathering not affecting torque?
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I'm not sure if this is a new bug, or if I'm just not doing something right, but during the full preflight which I try to do once in a while to keep familiarity with the systems, I was not seeing the engine torque drop at all during the autofeather test procedure, or just feathering the prop manually. Shouldn't it go down to basically 0 if the props are feathered?
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Torque is a measurement. When the propellers feather, and all other parameters remain unchanged, torque actually increases due to more wind resistance. However, I did not reply as these days I have no time to research the effects of auto feather or manual feather. I believe Ng should drop as the prop is feathered and torque reading should go to a nominal value given systems operation and outside conditions. But iirc a feathered prop on an operating engine should never read 0.
