If one of the turbo prob engines malfunction and are shut off, doesn't it cause any drag to the airplane?

Question

If one of the turbo prob engines malfunction and are shut off, doesn't it cause any drag to the airplane?

Answer 1

It does but they feather the prop to reduce the drag as much as possible.

Answer 2

An engine failure produces a huge amount of drag.  When the engine fails the pilot is forced to trim the yaw angle, forcing the aircraft to produce an insane amount of drag off the rudder, on top of the fact the props are not spinning and causing drag as well.  Even when feathered the propellers cause vortex's that slow the airflow.

Answer 3

Drag will alway be on the side of the dead engine. It can be minimised by feathering the propeller (blades pointing into the wind).

Answer 4

If an engine stops producing power, the propeller "windmills," which absorbs a lot of power in the form of drag on the airplane's slipstream.  All multi-engine airplanes provide a method of stopping a windmilling prop by turning the propeller blades parallel to the direction of the airplane's motion.  This is called "feathering" the propeller.

Feathering reduces the waste power from drag to only a limited extent, as a rudder correction is required to continue directional control.  The rudder sticking out creates additional drag.

Answer 5

What they do is they feather the engine meaning they turn it around sideways so it doesn't cause any drag.