Gene Buckle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > extended position. Part > > of the walk-around is to push up on the slats and note free and easy > > movement. Air pressure against the wing moves them to the retracted > > position. As airpseed is increased/reduced they extend or retract in > > response to the > > corresponding force of the relative wind. Short of a major structual failure > > (large bird strike perhaps?) not a whole > > lot than can go wrong and even then chances are they will still extend > > > A number of Bf-109 pilots would have the slats bolted into the retracted > position to keep a asymetrical slat deployment from ruining a gun attack. > > I bet A-4 pilots thought of doing it too. :) >
The Blue Angels did actually bolt the slats down, which is what I'm going to do with this model, rather than animating them. The geometry will still be there so if someone wants to repaint the A-4 and figure out the correct animation for them they will be able to. Best, Jim _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
