C172S Landing accident

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 13:22:45 GMT, Sydney Hoeltzli wrote:
I have not flown a SE plane with a constant-speed prop which offers
feathering of the prop. It was my understanding that the control
mechanism differed from that installed in ME constant speed props.

They are around, but not as trainers (I don't think!) My friend's Europa
has an electric CS prop which is featherable (you can buy glider wings
for the plane, and you'd want to feather the prop when soaring).
Of course, many bona fide motorgliders have them too, but they aren't
in the "Airplane" category (unlike my friend's Europa, which is. Which
is an interesting question - in the US, the Europa is "airplane, single
engine, land" - if you swap the wings for the glider wings - an
operation that takes on the order of 30 minutes - does the same aircraft
suddenly change category?).

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