German Prop Pitch Lever

[IvanK]

"2, The instument board pp. change lever has labels and positions for groBer and kleiner Drehzahl (increase/decrease rpm) settings but the real one had an extra bottom position: Segelstellung. This was fixed, ie. the lever stayed there and keep the propeller in feathered position when set, explicetely for the purpose of freeing him from the burden of having the keep pressing the lever all the time1!"

And the Devs were made aware of precisely this a while ago ... so hopefully a further fix will ensue.

Mind you I cant think of too many occasions when you would want to feather a prop in a single engine aeroplane. Perhaps in the case of a failed engine and you are trying to minimise drag to increase your gliding range.

[II./JG1_Krupinski]

Just my two cents on our options and whether or not a feature was or was not included on any plane.

As far as our options are concerned, I'd love it for the prop pitch lever to function correctly, IMO and I may be wrong, this was push forward and RPM increased, move to middle, and it stops moving, pull it down and it decreases RPM, and again, move to middle it stops moving.

As long as we can functionally get there, and we are IMO, then the graphics can come later if at all. (personally i'd love to see that, but I'm not withholding my support from 1C over it)

Now, whether or not the Auto function with CSU fitted as a field mod came into service in Dec 39 or late 40 is a moot point. Even if it did see service in 39, this is not that plane.

[heloguy]

Originally Posted by IvanK

"2, The instument board pp. change lever has labels and positions for groBer and kleiner Drehzahl (increase/decrease rpm) settings but the real one had an extra bottom position: Segelstellung. This was fixed, ie. the lever stayed there and keep the propeller in feathered position when set, explicetely for the purpose of freeing him from the burden of having the keep pressing the lever all the time1!"

And the Devs were made aware of precisely this a while ago ... so hopefully a further fix will ensue.

Mind you I cant think of too many occasions when you would want to feather a prop in a single engine aeroplane. Perhaps in the case of a failed engine and you are trying to minimise drag to increase your gliding range.

From the looks of the switch, and I've seen a few as a mechanic, if it's springloaded in the middle position, then it doesn't have to be in the locked in the lower 'Segelstellung' position in order to feather it. The notch was just built in so that the pilot could quickly reach up in the event of an engine failure, place the switch there, and then the prop would feather as it's being held in the that position. You should still be able to feather the prop by holding the lever down, if you wanted to for whatever reason.

[Kurfürst]

Originally Posted by IvanK

And the Devs were made aware of precisely this a while ago ... so hopefully a further fix will ensue.

Good to hear that. Mind you, I am patient with Oleg and his team, I am just noting these issues so if hopefully the Devs read these boards, they have chance to fix it some time or another.

Mind you I cant think of too many occasions when you would want to feather a prop in a single engine aeroplane. Perhaps in the case of a failed engine and you are trying to minimise drag to increase your gliding range.

Agreed, its not a serious issue.. though I wonder why they removed it in the first place...?
I may be ignorant of the practical applications of feathering a propeller, but isn't that the only reason you'd want to feather the propeller on any plane...?

A bit of an info I managed to dig up (English transation of the French technical report of Bf 109 E-3 WNr 1304, captured in late 1939 in France, subsequently tested in Britain)