this is the best video I've seen explaining the use of the constant speed prop. simple and to the point. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Fantastic video! No wasted 'fluff', just pure and clear instruction - thank you - great job!

Great video, thank you! Most videos about constant speed props just repeat the theory and leave me asking "Okay, but when do I use it, and in which order?". You answered that very clearly and the demonstration really helped!

I just wanted to thank you so much. I’ve been flying for many years and even have complex and multi engine endorsements. I have however always struggled with WHY I am doing what I am doing with the throttle and prop levers when flying a constant speed though, I have really shy’d away from them because I didn’t feel that I truly grasped them. I understood that throttle managed fuel and changed manifold pressure and prop adjusted the governor but couldn’t fully grasp why you do what at certain times besides the fact that my instructors have just said that’s how it’s done. After watching your video I really feel like I’ve grasped the true understanding and feel so much more better. I just really wanted to thank you. I’ve watched countless videos and read articles over several years and they all focused on more so what it does but didn’t touch on the same dynamics as you did. It was refreshing to have a different take on things. Thank you so much again!!!!

Brilliant video - I've been searching for days for an instructional video and this is gold! Many thanks!

Best short Video posted on Constant Speed Prop, very helpful for newbies. Thanks

ive watched like 20 videos on constant speed props and finally I think something clicked for me, thank you

You rock, my man. Been struggling to wrap my head around this. This helped a lot.

This video is golden! Not a lot of people can explain this better than you.

This is exactly the information I've been looking for. Thank you!

Best video so far showing how you would actually use it. Im transitioning from a warrior 3 to an arrow my next lesson and this was super helpful. Thanks

Great video,and explanation of the mysterious blue handle.. I'm just a sim pilot but I love learning everything I can which is a lot lot more

Finally! This is without doubt the best video i've watched on constant speed prop. Really helpful, thank you so much

I experienced the same, and always wanted to learn exactly this. Thank you very much!

Thank you for discussing changing everything AFTER you get to cruise and either need to change altitude or descend! Most detail videos just describe the initial setting after reaching cruise altitude and done! You completed the other scenarios for us and that is fantastic!

Thx for skippin the labor and gettin to the baby 👍

At last someone shows how to fly constant speed prop and not only how it works. Great thank you!

This is a great, simple but clear, instructional video. I have complex time from a long time ago and wanted a refresher before I transition from my Cherokee 140 to my new (to me) Cherokee Lance. Thank you for this video.

This is the best video I have seen regarding how to actually USE a constant speed prop in practice. All the "theory" in the world does not do for anyone (including newbies), what this video does. Thanks a lot. Will have to check you out in Cedar Rapids if ever in the area. Safe Flying.

Got it. I drive a stick shift and I don’t want to have it in fourth gear on a 25 mph zone. Thank you for this video.

Finally a video with actually helpful info on how to use it. Thank you so much!

Great and straight up explanation with a keep it simple concept. The flat blade explanation and reasons when to use it was very educational.

Incredibly helpful video. Thank you for sharing!

Fantastic video. I've been looking for something like this that just gets to the point very clearly. Thank you

Very clear video on how to deal with the prop lever. Thanks for the post!

Thank you !!! The best video i have ever seen which explains the constant speed prop in easy to understand terms

Thanks for the informative real-world video that will help me visualize the use of the Constant Speed Prop for my upcoming Commander 112a.

The best video on the subject; short, simple, and very informative.

Perfect demonstration, straight forward no-nonsense, thanks

Wow, straight and to the point! Thank you.

I'm glad you didn't tell anyone to go "25 squared" the POH never mentions this yet its being taught for no apparent reason.

Awesome video! Thanks for sharing! Just flew over Cedar Rapids yesterday!

Awesome vid. Just what I needed to know! Thanks!

Thanks so much for a clear, easy to understand demo. I fly a fixed pitch 172, but want to advance to a complex airplane, and this has "demystified" the issue. More, please...

Great video for a new pilot making the transition. Thank you!

Much appreciated. Going to start my complex endorsement and this was a very useful start.

THANKS! REAL good and detailed video!

Nice! In Germany we say: "Radau, von rechts nach links", means: "row, from the right to the left" and, "leiser, von links nach rechts", means: "lower noise, from the left to the right".

Very good video. Thanks for posting.

Thanks much!! My checkout instructor pointed out to begin prop adjustment while still in climb out. After working with this, I would rather wait until I am safely at altitude. Reducing throttle on climb out is a little hairy to me. I just flew the Cardinal this week and for some weird reason the engine backfired once as I reduced the throttle doing this. Apparently, it did not agree with the process as I was told. So, from now on, I wait until I am 1000+ agl or more (As you show). For my short time hours, the incident this week was the first time an engine has backfired in flight on me. It rattles you for a second or 2. PS...not far away at MLI.

Amazing video, congratulations. It helped me a lot!

Great vid, well explained 👍

Very nice work. Very helpflull!

good video well explained and not made out to be rocket science, which some pilots do..for obvious reasons. thanks for this video it needs to be here on youtube.

Excellent video...!!!

Great video!

great video !

Slower RPM = fewer explosions per minute = better gas mileage. But, mixture is also a key factor. LoP is good if done right. I don't have a plane to play with, but I have a 1980s McCulloch chainsaw that runs pretty dang good LoP.

Great Video! Just a side note. The prop is only ever on the low pitch stop until sufficient airspeed allows the governor to control RPM. As soon as the RPM stops increasing on T/O roll the governor is doing its job. In a non feathering C/S (most S/E recips) the prop will default to a low pitch/high RPM config resulting in increased drag but the ability for easier restarts. With a loss of oil pressure the prop lever will be useless. Just an A&P/IA's two cents

To increase power PT (physical training). prop first then throttle. To reduce power TP ( toilet paper) reduce throttle first then prop.

Great video

Great video, correct about not much out there explainng real world usage. Would love to see what is involved in the runup procedure for the csp, thanks

As an aside, the perspective from which you film makes your hands look really small. LOL I enjoyed this video. Thank you. Practical instruction.

Nice Job !!!

Great video thanks

I use 25 squared for climb out from around 500' up until cruise.

Very confidence, well trim, letting the plane do the flying and not forcing it,,,Remember you remove the pitch when the RPM begin to decay on final approach

Well done

Great video thank you :-)

Greets video, thanks for sharing

It must be a warm day cuz you're bouncing around they're pretty good

also enjoying the video. Will be nice if you could film the actual needles moving and insert them into your video. That will require a bit of editing but it will definitely be awesome for non initiate like me to understand fully how the things work in real time. Thank you anyway, it was really helpful

Thabnks a lot, very helpful.

nice video! Thanks

interesting video, thanks

Good vid, all you really need to know for the basics.

Thank you

You the man. Get your CFII Thanks

Great job , I finally got this, we should go fly some time ,I`m at KMRJ

At last I get it thanks

Thanks

do you lean the mixture by feeling the engine? same as with a constant pitch? (max rpm)

I like to do do my run-up and mixture adjustment slightly rich. But during take-off I really don't want to be pushing levers and flipping switches...just might hit the wrong one....One hand on throttle and one on the yoke till I get some altitude....then start dicking with stuff.

Good video! How do you figure out the right mixture setting?

How did you get cockpit audio with your light speed headset

Ha! This is funny! I thought I recognized the tower controller's voice. I used to fly out of Cedar Rapids about 15 years ago. Kept my plane in the west t-hangers also. BTW, I fly a fixed prop Archer but got checked out in a complex aircraft when I was training many years back. I remember my instructor saying use 21 squared, which meant 21 inches manifold pressure with throttle, then 2100 RPM with the prop shortly after take off. Am I wrong there? Or is that just for cruise? The plane was an old Beechcraft retractable. Not a Bonanza.

Wish i could see your dials so I could understand better. I understand the formula Tach + manifold pressure = power, setting. What ,if any, is your constant?

Why wouldn't you want the prop to be set for an aggressive bite to move more air during takeoff ?

Agree with the other commentors, well done on this video & subject! Instructors should send potential students to this video before a training flight. You make it look as easy as it should be.

So let's say you were to fly at 10,000 feet MSL, you will have probably about 19 inches at most with full throttle, right? So what would your RPM setting be?

In my Mooney right after takeoff and gear is up and I know that I'm establishing a climb I'll pull back the throttle and about 22.5-23.0 inches then I'll pull prop back for RPMs. I've never done it the way how you just did it in your airplane to get up right at about cruising altitude and pull everything back I would think that would be a lot more stressful on the engine I guess it's just the way how people are different when they're flying their airplanes

GUMPS!

I guess I'm the odd guy out. I often climb at less than square. In my RV-6A 180hp I keep throttle wide open (rich) and in the climb (and sometimes on the roll at high altitude airports) I dial prop back to get a bigger bite of air at 2500rpm. You can feel the additional thrust push you back in the seat. Only when established on the climb do I set throttle for 25inHg. YMMV.

There is nothing more annoying in these instructional videos by having ATC blaring over the radio at a loud volume. . They should be doing these demonstrations VFR away from traffic and turning the radio down. Better yet, have someone listen over a headset. You lose every bit of the facts that you’re learning by listening to all the ATC and radio traffic over blaring what the pilot is saying and also disrupting the conversations. Not only that. Many times on this instructional video, the thought and concentration of a subject gets lost when the pilot was trying to concentrate on the radio. When I talk to my passengers, I don’t have a ATC blowing smoke over the speaker.

You sound nervous, big man .