Am Montag, den 30.04.2007, 06:52 -0700 schrieb Gene Buckle: > > Gene Buckle wrote: > > > > > > I modified Csaba's spring coefficients slightly (see attachement) so the > > > > aircraft will rest on the ground without jumping around. > > > > > > > Ron, did you also happen to tweak it so that it wouldn't roll at idle > > > throttle without parking brakes? > > > > What is the 'real' aircraft supposed to do in that case ? Doesn't idle > > power produce enough thrust to get such a beast rolling ? > > > As far as I know, no jet aircraft of that size will move at idle. > > The Me-109 has the same problem.
The Prop/Engine configuration of the bf109 is not (yet) authentic. German Fighter Aircraft of that time didn't use constant speed props as the Allies had. Instead they used a mechanism based on the current Airspeed to adjust Propeller pitch. At low speeds this didn't work well, so for engine start and taxiing the Prop Automatic was turned off and the prop hand controlled by a rocker switch on the throttle. I'm about to write a nasal based controller for the Prop Pitch. That should make ground handling easier. Nonetheless it is a nearly 2000 hp Aircraft with a wing of similar size to a Cessna 172. The engine of the 109 was started with the prop at *no* pitch owing to the violent prop torque. > > I could also be totally wrong on both counts, but I would be surprised. > > g. > Greetings Detlef ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
