On Tuesday 06 June 2006 21:40, dene maxwell wrote: > >Hi Dene, > > > >Just as well I said I would check :) > > > >Here are the _correct_ figures for the Comper Swift fitted > > with the Pobjoy R seven cylinder radial engine (as modelled) > > > >Cruise: 120 mph (104.2 kt) > >Max: 140 mph (121.6 kt) > >Landing/Stall 40 mph (34 kt) > > > >Not sure exactly what is meant by the Landing/Stall speed :s > > but in a flight report from 1931 the pilot said "The > > elevators give a much better impression of effectiveness > > down to about 45 mph - which was the slowest to which I > > dared stall" - here he was comparing a model where the > > cut-out in the wing trailing edge for the cockpit had been > > smoothed with an earlier model where it was more angular. > > > >The same pilot went on to say that he felt happiest landing > > at 55 mph (47.8 kt) > > > >HTH > > > >LeeE > > Thanks Lee thats all I need for a realistic AI Scenario... I > don't think anyone will complain if the sim lands at 45-50 > knots > > ... I suspect the Landing/stall figure is in fact *stall in > landing configuration* (ie flaps) this seems to be a very > popular figure to provide in performance data. > > Thanks again > > :-D ene
Just thought I'd better point out that the Swift doesn't have flaps ;) LeeE _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
