Prop pitch adjust in WWI?
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  1. #1
    Fielder
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    Prop pitch adjust in WWI?

    Did almost all planes in WWI not have any adjustment for the prop pitch?

    In other words does Shift - and Shift = actually do anything in OFF?

    It doesn't appear to be making any difference, but it certainly does in CFS3.

  2. #2
    Gremlin_WoH
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    I don't know of a single plane in W.W.I having prop pitch. But well, that's me. You can pretty much exclude that prop pitch is working in OFF as none of the flyables has variable props modelled.

  3. #3
    Baywing
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    No, there was no such thing as adjustable prop pitch in WW1. Props were matched to the engines by size and pitch and in the case of the rotaries, they sized the prop to keep the engine rpms at a set point.

  4. #4
    Fielder
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    Ok, thanks.

  5. #5

    The DR 1 did have different props

    and I do believe that they may have been adjustable, (just can't remember the article I was reading), in late 1918. By then though it was just used defensively, because of speed and alt limitations.

    Cheers,

    british_eh

  6. #6
    Catfish
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    Hello,
    there were different propellors used for special purposes or sceneries, like Macedonia etc.. Later in the war some Zeppelin Staaken Giant bombers had indeed adjustable propellor pitch, but only on the ground - adjusted for certain missions, but once in the air they had to live with the settings.
    There were also compression engines not coupled to props, only to supercharge the other engines at high altitudes.
    Greetings,
    Catfish

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