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Old 12-06-2007 | 11:18 PM
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Juice
 
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Default Constant speed propeller

I've been doing some light reading on constant speed propellers. This is what little I know...

- When the control unit detects that the propeller is increasing speed, it will increase the pitch of the propellers to slow it down.
- When the control unit detects that the propeller is decreasing speed, it will decrease the pitch of the propellers to speed it up.

I know I'm missing a whole bunch of details, but let me ask my questions.

1) If the propeller is a constant speed, does that mean the engine is also running at a constant RPM?
2) What does the throttle do? Does it still control the fuel flow and air mixture in the carburator? I'm using RC lingo here.

Thanks in advance.
Juice