Figure 8-14.-Variable pitch aircraft propeller.
Propeller Control Assembly
mechanically cammed-out below 15 and above 60
(Integral Oil Control Assembly)
degrees. When in pitchlock, the propeller operates
as a fixed-pitch propeller. However, the reverse
T h e propeller control assembly is a
rake of the pitchlock ratchet teeth allows rotating
nonrotating integral oil control mechanism. It
of the propeller into higher blade angles for
mounts on the rear extension of the propeller
feathering or to regain control of the propeller.
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