Propeller feathering in flight
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I think there might be an issue (perhaps it is an MSFS limitation) with propeller feathering. My understanding is that when oil pressure is lost, the propeller will move towards the feathered position. I sometimes try to simulate an engine failure on one engine after takeoff. But unless I am really quick in doing so, the prop just keep spinning, even after putting the prop lever into the feather position. Could perhaps Nick (the developer) comment on this? I know that the relative wind makes a propeller spin, but is that simulation within MSFS 2024 entirely accurate?
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I think there might be an issue (perhaps it is an MSFS limitation) with propeller feathering. My understanding is that when oil pressure is lost, the propeller will move towards the feathered position. I sometimes try to simulate an engine failure on one engine after takeoff. But unless I am really quick in doing so, the prop just keep spinning, even after putting the prop lever into the feather position. Could perhaps Nick (the developer) comment on this? I know that the relative wind makes a propeller spin, but is that simulation within MSFS 2024 entirely accurate?
@kyrre1978 said in Propeller feathering in flight:
simulate an engine failure on one engine after takeoff
I think this is the key part of your message. At takeoff, the propellers will be at their fully fine position. In this position, a loss of oil pressure due to engine shutdown will likely not be enough to feather the propellers. If you look at the engine visualizers, you will see the feather locking flyweights/pins (sometimes called "start locks") in the propeller hub that prevent the propellers from feathering during a normal shutdown. It's important to move the propeller lever to feather quickly after shutdown, before the propeller RPM drops below the speed at which the pins will hold the blades in their fully fine position.
Does that seem to match what you're looking at in the simulator?
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Thanks Nick. I will have a look into it the next time. Do you happen to know any possible solution for this MSFS control issue that makes it difficult to put the props into feather using Bravo throttle quadrant? I can get it back almost to feather but I have to use my mouse to completely put the prop lever into feather..
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Thanks Nick. I will have a look into it the next time. Do you happen to know any possible solution for this MSFS control issue that makes it difficult to put the props into feather using Bravo throttle quadrant? I can get it back almost to feather but I have to use my mouse to completely put the prop lever into feather..
@kyrre1978 said in Propeller feathering in flight:
Thanks Nick. I will have a look into it the next time. Do you happen to know any possible solution for this MSFS control issue that makes it difficult to put the props into feather using Bravo throttle quadrant? I can get it back almost to feather but I have to use my mouse to completely put the prop lever into feather..
You need a third party program to do it, the MSFS feathering controls have never worked on anything ever for me.
If you don't already have something like SPAD or FSUIPC, I think Mobiflight will do the job, and it's free.
