On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 12:13:05 GMT, Judah wrote:

It's even possible for a student working on his PPL to fly a plane with a
constant speed prop. At the flight school where I got my PPL, they had a
couple of Socata Tampicos and a Tobago. If the tampicos were tied up,
students could rent the tobago for training, and the instructor would work
the prop control. I did that several times in my training.

I've flown a Tobago. I *know* it doesn't have a feathering prop.
Controllable prop doesn't mean feathering prop.

I know, I know, I introduced fixed pitch into the discussion, but, as I
said, that was going overboard.

Sure, as Big John points out, when training for the military, they put
you into single-engine turboprop "trainers" which have feathering props,
but for most of the rest of us, our initial training is in single-engine
pistons. Most likely fixed pitch, but even the ones with constant-speed
props don't feather.


Morris (going into Emily Latella mode)

"Nevermind"


Morris