--- Andy Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Luca Masera wrote: > > about YASim: in which units is measured the oil pressure? > > In JSBSim the value is holded by "oil-pressure-psi" and it's > > measured in psi; in YASim is holded by "epr" but the units > > are missing. > > Er, that's an Engine Pressure Ratio , which is a thrust metric used > in > early jets in lieu of N1 RPM.
FWIW, P&W still prefers EPR over N1. > YASim doesn't model oil pressure right > now, because I'm not aware of a good basis on which to do so. If you > have numbers you want to match for this particular aircraft, I could > write you up some Nasal in just a few minutes which would do the job. > But the idea behind YASim is to produce plausible results for all > possible engines; oil pressure is one of those values that is (AFAIK) > just too engine-specific. > > The units are missing, btw, because there aren't any. It's a ratio. > > Andy > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
