Originally Posted by
Invisible Man
It has been a looong time since I was in the Saab. But if you forgot to turn off the CTOT and pulled the PL back to start down, didn't the power really drop off once out of CTOT range? Or am I mixing up another airplane?
IM
Yes -- the power has to be dialed down prior to switching CTOT off to avoid the danger of a compresser stall. I actually had a First Officer one time not switch the CTOT completely off, he just turned off the APR, so there was no indication in the cockpit (the status lights only come on in APR mode) the CTOT was still engaged, it made for an interesting approach, the torque would jump from 40% to 60% every time I hit the 64 degree switch until I figured out what happened.