Plane Answers: Airplane specific questions

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As I remember it from A&P school (aircraft mechanic training), a prop sync system just makes the props spin the same speed. It uses a sensor and adjustment on the propeller governors. A syncrophaser on the other hand also senses the position of the prop blades so that the blades are at the same positions at the same time to reduce noise and vibration further than a simple prop sync can do. Flying King Airs without prop sync, it is easy enough usually to sync the props manually with the prop levers, but some days it sure would be nice to have a prop sync to do it for me.

12-02-2008 @ 9:15AM

Kent Wien said...

Thanks Mark. I hadn't used a synchrophaser. Sounds great!

No pun.

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