Colgan Flight 3407 Continued.

Boris Badenov said:
Serious question, albeit basically off-topic. If it's too off-topic, feel free to move or delete. And let me append that I don't mean any disrespect to the departed by talking tech here. Whatever they did right or wrong, there but for the grace of God go us all, etc.

Boilerplate aside, how is it that a turboprop of any type has trouble slowing down? The mu-2 (for personal example) is generally regarded as slick as baby poop, but when you hit flight idle, it slows down like speed is going out of style. I can hit the marker at 250 and be jockeying the power levers by a mile final to stay in the air. The question, then, is what are the particulars of the Q such that it requires jet-like descent planning? Simple slickness? Idle power is set high? Blade angle control isn't sufficient to allow "hitting-the-wall" deceleration? Again, don't pile on here, it's a serious question: I'm the last person to cast even hypothetical stones at the departed because I know how close I've come myself. Just looking for info.
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This is my guessitmate and it would be due to the different type of engines. The mu-2 has garrets so when you pull the power levers back, it automatically changes the angles of the prop blades, helps slow you down. The pratts have the seperate prop control levers, so pulling the throttles back really won't slow it down but bring the props back to high and its like hitting the breaks. At least its what I've gotten from going from the Metro to the B200.

=Jason-
 
LOGS said:
This is my guessitmate and it would be due to the different type of engines. The mu-2 has garrets so when you pull the power levers back, it automatically changes the angles of the prop blades, helps slow you down. The pratts have the seperate prop control levers, so pulling the throttles back really won't slow it down but bring the props back to high and its like hitting the breaks. At least its what I've gotten from going from the Metro to the B200.

=Jason-
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The Q is full Fadec. Even though there are prop levers.. there really are no prop levers... just big fancy buttons. the prop rpm stays where it is set at. Flt idle is a low pitch setting in the Q just like in the Mu-2. efficient the Q is just a very efficient airplane, and has a lot of mass to it, it doesn't like to slow down is all.

If you ever watched space cowboys, and remember the scene in the sim where the old guy burns the thing in, then yanks the nose way up to slow down, then returns to normal pitch? thats what a tight descent in the Q is like.
 
TUCKnTRUCK said:
The Q is full Fadec. Even though there are prop levers.. there really are no prop levers... just big fancy buttons. the prop rpm stays where it is set at. Flt idle is a low pitch setting in the Q just like in the Mu-2. efficient the Q is just a very efficient airplane, and has a lot of mass to it, it doesn't like to slow down is all.

If you ever watched space cowboys, and remember the scene in the sim where the old guy burns the thing in, then yanks the nose way up to slow down, then returns to normal pitch? thats what a tight descent in the Q is like.
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Fancy fancy fadec, havn't flown one since my twinstars days. How do you guys compare to the ATR's? Gotta be faster cause at least in here in India, they're freakn slow. They're annoying to me and I drive a B200 lol

=J-
 
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