Having a full feathering prop would buy you a small amount of glide performance improvement, but adds a new failure mode. If the prop governor fails, the prop will feather. Personally, I would prefer to not have a feathering prop, unless I had a multi-engine aircraft.Does anyone have any comments about mounting a full feathering Hartzell prop from a Twin Beech Travel Air to a O-360A1D on an RV-8? The Travel Air cruise speed is about the same as an RV-8....I think? Don't know about the prop governer though?
It would still have the braking effect of any other CS prop.
As long as the engine is developing oil pressure, and the prop governor, oil line to prop, etc are serviceable, it will work like any other constant speed prop. I.e. the prop governor will control the blade pitch to attempt to keep the rpm at the selected value. So, if you pull the power back, the rpm will fall, and the prop will go to fine pitch. Exactly the same as any other constant speed prop.
