On Wed, 2003-12-24 at 08:01, Andy Ross wrote: > Nick wrote: > > If the simulation is accurate the delays are due to the aircraft > > inertia and not control system delays. Hydraulic controls don't have > > a humanly discernable amount of delay. Simulators have their own > > delays too, the time it takes a signal to get through the circuit from > > the control to the computer and them to be processed in the next > > frame., but this is on the order of 50-100 milliseconds. > > Hydraulics *do* have a maximum slew rate, though, which might be what > he meant. On a Cub, you can snap the stick from one side to the other > and the ailerons actually move. With a hydraulic system, you can only > move the stick so fast; the fluid in the pipes needs time to flow, and > the pumps can only handle so much volume at once.
Aircraft hydraulic systems are typically high pressure, low flow to minimize those sorts of problems. > > There is a "transition-time" attribute in YASim that you can use to > specify speeds for surface deflections. I added it for flaps, > obviously, but I think I've seen that Lee has used it for this kind of > applicaiton. > > Andy > > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel -- Tony Peden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
