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Originally Posted by SEE
IIRC, virtually all the Spits engaged in BOB had variable pitch props fitted, Geoffrey Wellum makes a point in his autobiography that he set his Spitty PP to 2650 rpm for combat as he considered it handled better! One thing's for sure, CoD is going to require 'up close and personal' before pressing the Spitty/Hurri trigger.......me thinks that maybe 'probables' should be awarded as opposed to just 'definite kills'........  |
Not variable pitch but constant speed propeller units (CSP). It is different thing that variable prop pitch which were used in early german fighters. In variable pitch you directly change prop pitch settings but in CSP you just set desire RPM settings and these system is trying to keep needed RPM by changing automaticly prop pitch.