Prop Feathering ---- Am I doing something wrong?

[DartzIRL]

Was playing around with flying it on one engine.

 

Shut down the right engine by closing fuel, shutting the throttle and turning the mags off. Then hit the Prop-feather button. It remained in for the next ten minutes or so but never properly feathered --- the engine continued to windmill at high RPM and basically acted like a boat anchor that couldn't be trimmed out.

 

Managed to land it with the left engine pushed to boiling point to keep the airspeed at a controllable level but it really didn't like flying like that. It basically lurched through the sky and threatened to frisbee the entire time.

 

Of course, when the engine finally stopped on the ground the feather process on the prop completed.

[Pikey]

Seems right, if you landed but felt the panic turning into the dead engine then you were feathered since what happens if not feathered is spin and death. Try it. Pull the fuel stop for an engine, let it stop and try to fly without feathering. Where before you could trim and fly, with a non feathered engine the drag is horrendous.

The thing with stopping th eengine im not sure about. We could kill the fuel shut off and magenetos and that thing keeps goign round most of the time.

[Koriel]

It appears strange, but I've had successfully feathered an engine by first using the feather push button, then reducing power, and then reducing the prop pitch. Don know the system yet, so no idea why.

[Nealius]

I've got the thing feathered, but couldn't see the effect because the engine windmilled until landing. How do we actually stop the engine?

[DartzIRL]

When it's feathered it stops.

 

It did work in one mission. I had ignition off, and just hit the feather button while doing nothing else --- not touching throttle or RPM and it stopped in seconds.

 

If it's wiondmilling it's producing drag

[Dusty44]

This what works for me. Kill RPM,kill throttle when RPM is as low as it settles press and HOLD feather until RPM drops below 400 then let go. Engine will be feathered. 

Edited September 20, 2021 by Dusty44

[Nealius]

I don't have enough axes to control the RPM levers independently 

[TheCrysinator]

I don't have enough axes to control the RPM levers independently 

There is a set of inputs where you can switch the controlled engine (I can't look it up right now but I think that's what it's called). It allows you to control throttle and RPM with one axis of each.

[Nealius]

I found that setting, but now when I switch back to the good RPM lever, and move my physical axis back where it was, the RPM cuts to minimum then raises back up to where I want it. 

[TheCrysinator]

I found that setting, but now when I switch back to the good RPM lever, and move my physical axis back where it was, the RPM cuts to minimum then raises back up to where I want it. 

I think that's just how it is. I only use it for special occasions and as such I can live with it.

[Basco1]

This is Reflected's video on engine emergencies,it has everything included,it's very clear and concise.....I hope he won't mind me uploading it here,it's just so informative....thx Greg.

 

All credit goes to Reflected.

 

 

Edited September 23, 2021 by Basco1

[DartzIRL]

Flying with a windm illing engine is basically just a long, drawn out fall. It does not want to do it at all.