Need a few terms explained

[Raven Morpheus]

Hey there

I've been reading the forums and I am getting rather lost by some of the terms used so I'm wondering if someone can explain them to me (one in particular).

Haven't seen a glossary of terms around that I can refer to either.

In particular the one that is confusing the hell out of me (and in fact the only one I can currently think of) is prop pitch - everyone refers to fine and coarse.

Am I right in thinking that fine = 0% and coarse = 100%?

Thanks in advance.

[ZaltysZ]

If your airspeed is X and you change pitch:

Fine = low blade angle = low load on engine = higher RPM
Coarse = high blade angle = high load on engine = lower RPM

In old IL2 fine is 100%, coarse is 0%. In CoD I don't know (I have disabled messages of controls from beginning), but probably it is the same.

[Raven Morpheus]

Ah right thanks.

So basically I just need to work out which in CoD is the one that gives me lower RPM and that's the setting for coarse. I think from playing it that would be the setting at the bottom of the slider icon on the HUD (the 3 bars you get in planes like the Spit).

BTW what's the half height slider on the HUD for the Stuka, the one on the right, it doesn't seem to be mixture or prop pitch as my controls don't affect it, unless I've mapped them wrong?