Operating an aircraft equipped with a variable-pitch propeller, also known as a constant-speed prop ... The propeller governor senses engine speed using flyweights and the throttle setting ...

It was well-known that the addition of a speed-regulating device called a governor to the DH propeller converted it from two-pitch operation to constant-speed. An unknown engineering officer from ...

There are so many lessons I learned flying this Cessna, from how to manage the constant speed propeller, to how to enter a really basic flight plan on the Garmin G1000s. The performance of this ...

On a constant-speed propeller, which has been likened to a car's automatic transmission, blade pitch is adjusted by a governor, an engine-driven pump that monitors engine rpm and uses oil pressure ...

Today's passenger aircraft house some of the most cutting-edge innovations in engine technology, and that list most certainly includes turboprop engines. In layman's terms, a turboprop is a jet ...

This version of the Hurricane had only 500 built as it was the all metal version with the propeller unit being the first in the form of an all-metal, three-bladed, variable-pitch, constant-speed ...