Runaway prop

[Sutts]

I've read accounts of battle damaged prop governors causing the prop to "runaway" and become uncontrollable....eventually resulting in massive vibration and the prop actually detaching itself.

Has anyone experienced this in CloD yet?

[JG52Uther]

Not had a prop detach itself yet but had a seemingly 'runaway' prop in a 110 that was uncontrollable!

[ATAG_Doc]

Originally Posted by Sutts

I've read accounts of battle damaged prop governors causing the prop to "runaway" and become uncontrollable....eventually resulting in massive vibration and the prop actually detaching itself.

Has anyone experienced this in CloD yet?

Yep I have.

[Sutts]

Thanks guys, that's good to hear. Did the prop overspeed and start vibrating? Did the engine eventually fail?

There's also the situation where the oil runs out (on an oil driven governor) before the prop can be feathered on a dead engine. This was also a very scary situation in a real aircraft with an overspeeding prop threatening to break free and come through the cabin. Not to mention the massive drag an un-feathered prop produces when it's free-wheeling.

Cheers

[Sutts]

Thanks cheesehawk.

[BPickles]

Originally Posted by cheesehawk

I've experienced it also, you get a message stating governor failure, then can't control the prop-pitch, eventually leading to shaking (within a minute), and engine failure (about 5 minutes for the flight I was on, but RPM was low).

So the prop doesn't come off ?

[ingsoc84]

I downed a FW200 Condor the other day, and it literally did cartwheels
three or four times end over end...somehow it did not look very realistic,
nothing went "boom", and it just disappeared after a bit, not a prop, but
it was unusual.
Maybe, "The Runaway Condor"?

[ElAurens]

I've had runaway props in Il2/46 and CloD, never lost a prop though.