In a message dated 10/26/2006 12:04:31 P.M. Central Standard Time,
marv@lancaironline.net writes:
I
want oil pressure tanks to place the prop in course pitch, low RPM.
if
I have an engine or oil pump loss.
Kevin,
Consider the following:
If the engine quits running but is still turning there should be enough oil
pressure generated to pull the prop to coarse pitch. Perhaps the
question should be, "How low can the rpm go and still provide enough
pressure to control the prop?"
If oil is lost from the engine and it is still powered it will soon seize
and stop the prop - not as good as coarse pitch but better than the drag disk
from a spinning prop at flat pitch.
I can't quite understand how the complex plumbing with check valves
and a pressure tank could take over and keep the prop in coarse
pitch if the only seriously dangerous condition is where there was no
engine power, no oil and the engine was not seized but still turning,
thus no control over the prop after it went to flat pitch. Maybe an
electric prop is the answer.
Scott Krueger
AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL (KARR)
A man
has got to know his limitations.