On Thu, 2006-12-07 at 10:04 -0800, Hal V. Engel wrote: > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 20:03, Ron Jensen wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 17:28 -0800, Hal V. Engel wrote: > > > On Wednesday 06 December 2006 14:32, Hal V. Engel wrote: > > > > Either the SIAI Marchetti SF.260 or the F.8L Falco (preferably the > > > > Series IV Super Falco). There needs to be at least one plane designed > > > > by Stelio Frati in the FG stable and either of these are classic Frati > > > > and are instantly recognizable as his work. > > > > > > > > My favorite of the two is the Falco. See: > > > > > > > > http://www.1000aircraftphotos.com/Contributions/Visschedijk/5860.htm > > > > http://www.seqair.com/Frati/GilbertOnFrati/Gilbert.html > > > > http://216.219.217.157/Falco/Articles/Legendary/Legendary.html > > > > http://216.219.217.157/Falco/Articles/Bravissimo/Bravissimo1.html > > > > http://www.aldini.it/history/history1.htm > > > > > > Also if you should need them there is a set of PDFs that have the > > > fuselage sections and side view for the Falco. These are based on the > > > plans that Sequoia sells. They are located here: > > > > > > http://www.seqair.com/skunkworks/Models/Models.html > > > > > > Hal > > > > Hmm, the Falco sounds fun. There seems to be ample documentation for > > the fdm as well as the model: > > > > http://www.seqair.com/FlightTest/FlightTest.html > > http://www.seqair.com/FlightTest/FlightManual/FlightManual.pdf > > The performance data in the above manual are for the Aeromere Falco that > belongs to Alfred Scott who owns Sequoia Aircraft. There were 60 of these > particular model built in the 1960s. I have spent about 8 hours riding in > this particular aircraft and have some stick time in it. These aircraft are > fully acrobatic and are fantastic little aircraft. Until Sequoia made plans > available in the early 1980s there were none of these in the US until Alfred > imported this particular example so that he would have a Falco to show to > prospective customers for Falco plans and kits. > > The Aeromere Falcos (series III also known as the Falco America because they > were FAA certified) had a 150 HP Lycoming O-320 and a fixed pitch prop. > Later Super Falcos built by Laverda (yes the scooter company) had 160 HP and > constant speed props so would have better climb and take off performance. > Twenty Super Falcos were built. Many of the newer home builts have upgraded > from the 150/160 HP Lycoming O-320 engine to the 180 HP IO-360 and most have > constant speed props. Keep in mind that the original prototype flew with a > 90 HP engine (first flight in 1995) and the first production run of 10 > aircraft by Aviamilano in the late 1950s were built with 135 HP engines > followed by a production run of 20 with 150HP (series II). So a total of > 110 production Falcos were built in the 1950s and 1960s. Since the 1980s > dozens of Falcos have been home built and there are now almost as many home > built versions as there are original production aircraft. > > > http://cafefoundation.org/v2/pdf/falco.pdf > > http://www.falco.co.nz/ > > > > Perhaps something will come together on this one...
I pulled together a quick jsbsim aeromatic config file this morning based on the Sequia Numbers, an IO-360 and a fixed pitch 75" prop. Using the c172r as for model and instrument panel I took off and flew around the flag pole, but had to go to work... Are you good with 3d modeling or FDM tweaking? Ron ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-users
