Help Understanding Piston Engines w/Constant Speed Propellers

[CaptainRude91]

This might help? Unless you are talking about the inner working of propeller governors etc. I need to come back on that.

Missing / Inaccurate Propeller Drag

Crash Course in Propeller Aerodynamics Concerning the last Developer Q&A, I’m not entirely sure the developers understand the problem of “missing propeller drag” in the sim. Seb was talking about drag from internal engine components instead of aerodynamic propeller drag. In all fairness, the drag of internal engine components had an effect on propeller windmilling speed and therefore aerodynamic drag produced by the propeller. I’m not a developer to be clear but I doubt this is the real problem…