German Prop Pitch Lever

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Originally Posted by IvanK

"2, The instument board pp. change lever has labels and positions for groBer and kleiner Drehzahl (increase/decrease rpm) settings but the real one had an extra bottom position: Segelstellung. This was fixed, ie. the lever stayed there and keep the propeller in feathered position when set, explicetely for the purpose of freeing him from the burden of having the keep pressing the lever all the time1!"

And the Devs were made aware of precisely this a while ago ... so hopefully a further fix will ensue.

Mind you I cant think of too many occasions when you would want to feather a prop in a single engine aeroplane. Perhaps in the case of a failed engine and you are trying to minimise drag to increase your gliding range.

From the looks of the switch, and I've seen a few as a mechanic, if it's springloaded in the middle position, then it doesn't have to be in the locked in the lower 'Segelstellung' position in order to feather it. The notch was just built in so that the pilot could quickly reach up in the event of an engine failure, place the switch there, and then the prop would feather as it's being held in the that position. You should still be able to feather the prop by holding the lever down, if you wanted to for whatever reason.