German Prop Pitch Lever

[xnomad]

Hi Varrattu,

Thanks but I think you misunderstood me; I'm aware of the rocker switch and the lever and what they each do. What I meant is does anyone know how the switch, pitch and indicator functioned together, as a system, in real life.

The link I posted in my last post had the following quote in it:

"The prop will adjust its pitch at a speed of 1.5*(degrees) per second for
as long as the rocker switch is held and then stop when the switch is
released."

This is how I imagined a system like this would work. The game doesn't do it this way, if you use buttons to replicate pushing the lever up or down, the clock hands start to spin on their own for a bit and stop at an arbitrary position. This is just from one push of the button and not holding it down.

In the example above this wouldn't happen; the length of time you hold the switch or lever in a position, is directly proportional to how much and how long the hands on the indicator clock move and the prop changes pitch. This sounds like you could have very precise control and know exactly what setting you are selecting and where the prop pitch is at that moment. You want 11:17 you can set it, try that right now, you'll be lucky to get 11:17 or even close. Even with a lever/axis touch it a bit and the prop pitch cycles through several degrees in one go.

If you try using the buttons in the game, rather than a lever/axis, the clock indicator is almost useless as reference instrument. With a lever/axis the clock is also useless but you can memorise positions in degrees on your lever.

Of course you can count how many clicks you've done with the buttons too but what's the point of the clock then? It doesn't sound like it's historically accurate according to my link. My link is copy from a post so I have no idea what the original source is so it's not hard proof. Hence me asking if anyone has any information on how this worked in real life.

[Varrattu]

Originally Posted by xnomad

Hi Varrattu,

The link I posted in my last post had the following quote in it:

"The prop will adjust its pitch at a speed of 1.5*(degrees) per second for
as long as the rocker switch is held and then stop when the switch is
released."

Hi xnomad,

look here:

http://marseillegruppe.com/foro/view...f328cb9d3b84f4

the considerations / ideas in the a.m. thread are interesting but we should careful deal with in connection with CloD.

Maybe that the manual "D.(Luft)T. 3810 - VDM-Verstell-Luftschrauben Gerätehandbuch" can help us. But I didn't find it in open sources.

regards Varrattu

[xnomad]

Originally Posted by Varrattu

Hi xnomad,

look here:

http://marseillegruppe.com/foro/view...f328cb9d3b84f4

the considerations / ideas in the a.m. thread are interesting but we should careful deal with in connection with CloD.

Maybe that the manual "D.(Luft)T. 3810 - VDM-Verstell-Luftschrauben Gerätehandbuch" can help us. But I didn't find it in open sources.

regards Varrattu

Sorry I'm confused, that's the same link I posted 4 posts above this one on this page. Did you intend to post a different link and pasted in the wrong one or was it an oversight?

[Varrattu]

Originally Posted by xnomad

Did you intend to post a different link and pasted in the wrong one or was it an oversight?

Yep, it was an oversight

Regards Varrattu

[xnomad]

That's a shame I was hoping you posted the wrong link.
I can't find any more info on this except for the manuals you mentioned that you have to pay for.

[JG53Frankyboy]

"The propellor pitch control on all Daimler-Benz-equipped Messerschmitts is now a spring-loaded electrical switch"
that will be interesting to see how it will work now after the patch....if the rotating axis is still useable !

[xnomad]

lol the latest patch has completely wrecked the prop pitch for me.

The directions are now reversed on the lever and the spring holds the lever in the full up position instead of the centre.

The bf109 is unflyable in CEM now.