On Thursday 07 August 2003 19:30, Major A wrote:
> 
> > 554 @ 21000ft & 495 @ 46500ft were the two maxes I've tried.  I can get 
554 @ 
> > 21000ft but I couldn't get it over 38000ft, and it took ages to crawl 
there.  
> > This was still below the rated speeds.  I haven't been able to get it to 
> > solve using 495kts @ 46500ft.  Yet;)
> 
> I'm pretty sure these figures are TAS. 495kt @ 46500ft would be
> something like M4, that sounds more like an SR-71 than a B52...

Those are actual speeds, not indicated.

> 
> I've been able to reach M0.80 at 40000ft, haven't looked higher yet.
> 
> > Strange - I'll have to check my measurments again.
> 
> Oh, you have a B52 you can put on a balance? :-)

What are you taking about?

> 
> > The problem with doing a G or an H is that they have no ailerons and I 
don't 
> > want to have to figure that out untill I've got the F working better.
> 
> Oh, how does a G or H control roll then? The ailerons on the F are
> already pretty small, but it's damn hard to fly the thing without
> touching them...

The research I did on them showed that these items were removed in the G & H 
varients and roll is controlled by differential use of the seven segment 
spoilers.

> 
>   Andras
> 
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LeeE


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