Hello Gerard, very nice Aircraft indeed
Am Freitag, den 29.06.2007, 23:07 +0200 schrieb gh.robin: > On Fri 29 June 2007 21:55, Martin Spott wrote: > > "gh.robin" wrote: > > > On Fri 29 June 2007 19:02, Martin Spott wrote: > > > > Woohooo, did anyone try putting this baby into a low-speed stall ? > > > > Make sure to gain enough altitude before ! > > > > > > yes it is given to stall at 91 kt, the model with that "crude" FDM > > > [...] > > > > I didn't intend to blame the FDM for doing wrong, I was just a bit > > surprised how this beast behaves at stall and how difficult stall > > recovery might become .... It would be nice to know if this is > > actually similar to the 'real' one, > > > > Martin. > > Diff icult to answer, just this, which has been written : > > =>About the only significant short coming of the Lightning was spin/.stall > recovery, which could be a bear, especially at low altitude. That's is why > this film cautions strongly against entering a spin below 10,000'<= > > the manual states: As stalling speed is approached, the center section stalls first with noticeable shaking of the airplane, however, the ailerons remain effective. In either "power-on" or "power-off" stalls with flaps and landing gear up, the airplane "mushes" straight forward in a well-controlled stall. With flaps and landing gear down, there appears to be a slight tendency for one wing to drop. There is, however, no tendency to spin. Under these conditions, the nose drops slightly and, as the speed increases, the wing will come up. SPINS. Deliberate spinning is prohibited because the spin tends to flatten out after two or three turns. When this occurs, the control column is forced back and engine power must be used to help get the control column forward. Before flattening out, normal recovery may be made without power. Recovery is made' by applying full opposite rudder and easing the control column forward. If you don't already have it, I will send it to you. Greetings Detlef > you can read that here. > http://zenoswarbirdvideos.com/P38.html?gclid=CM3ixPSXgo0CFQNNZwodE3aoPA > > In addition to when i tried to tune the FDM i was surprised by that high > value > wing loading: 53 lb/sq-ft given with an average weight loaded 17500 lbs > (empty weight 12500 lbs). > > > cheers ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
