Feathered Propeller Animation
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Hello,
I was wondering if, when time permits, the feathered prop animation can be updated. It's hard to find reference videos online because the recording frame rate interferes with what you actually see. But when a propeller is feathered, like in the Starship's example at around 340 RPM, the blades will look coarse, and you can just about see them spinning. In the Starship now, even with the prop fully feathered and indicating 340 RPM, you will see a flat, fast spinning disc. Mostly the same as if you were out of feather.
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Do you have any tips on when to adjust feather during flight phases? What setting do you want for extracting maximum speed during cruise? What do you want for max efficiency during cruise?
I have a feeling there might be a chart somewhere for this.
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The actual feather setting is only for start and shut down. As for prop pitch. The manual has your answer. I suspect there may be more settings, but the base is. Full forward (1700 RPM) for takeoff, then bring it back to 1600 for the remainder of the flight. Remember to keep ITT's below 840.
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The actual feather setting is only for start and shut down. As for prop pitch. The manual has your answer. I suspect there may be more settings, but the base is. Full forward (1700 RPM) for takeoff, then bring it back to 1600 for the remainder of the flight. Remember to keep ITT's below 840.
@MD82 said in Feathered Propeller Animation:
The actual feather setting is only for start and shut down. As for prop pitch. The manual has your answer. I suspect there may be more settings, but the base is. Full forward (1700 RPM) for takeoff, then bring it back to 1600 for the remainder of the flight. Remember to keep ITT's below 840.
Do you keep your ITT lower by reducing the throttle as you change the pitch?
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@MD82 said in Feathered Propeller Animation:
The actual feather setting is only for start and shut down. As for prop pitch. The manual has your answer. I suspect there may be more settings, but the base is. Full forward (1700 RPM) for takeoff, then bring it back to 1600 for the remainder of the flight. Remember to keep ITT's below 840.
Do you keep your ITT lower by reducing the throttle as you change the pitch?
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Hello @Black-Square Nick. Thank you for the long awaited update. I was wondering if this item made it through or if maybe it was missed in the list of posts?
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@MD82 said in Feathered Propeller Animation:
The actual feather setting is only for start and shut down. As for prop pitch. The manual has your answer. I suspect there may be more settings, but the base is. Full forward (1700 RPM) for takeoff, then bring it back to 1600 for the remainder of the flight. Remember to keep ITT's below 840.
Do you keep your ITT lower by reducing the throttle as you change the pitch?
@Marionettework ITT is unaffected by prop pitch, the general procedure is power levers then props mainly to mitigate the risk of an over torque. Also Max Cruise seems to fall at an ITT of ~835-840C and normal cruise is 830C
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@MD82 I agree with your observation on the feather animation.
As I recall, this has traditionally been very difficult to do natively in the FS architecture. I believe Majestic, back in the day, had to do a custom prop animation to get the coarse disc looking accurate from the side when feathered.
This currently might be a FS24 limitation, although I hear it now has new tools for improving the realism of our beloved spinny parts...
