Propeller Feather Gates.

[kevin]

Guess I am the odd man out. I never lift up on it, because I don't want to put the props in feather during the runup, too much strain on the engine I have been told. I just pull back far enough to cycle the prop, not further.

On my '65, one throttle had a worn out feather gate, and you could feather it by just pulling back all the way. The other gate worked, and you had to life up on it at the end of its travel to get the prop into feather.

Both gates worked correctly on my '73.

FWIW.

Kevin