Tony Peden writes:
> It looks like this may have helped crosswind handling on the ground
> considerably. The relatively small amount of testing I've done shows
> that the c172 will sit still in up to a 15 knot crosswind and turn very
> slowly in 20 knots.
>
> Let us know what you think.
On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 05:52, David Megginson wrote:
> Tony Peden writes:
>
> > It looks like this may have helped crosswind handling on the ground
> > considerably. The relatively small amount of testing I've done shows
> > that the c172 will sit still in up to a 15 knot crosswind and turn ve
Tony Peden writes:
> I didn't look at everything, but the nose wheel was in NONE and the
> mains CASTERED as far back as I looked (which went back to the beginning
> of time for the configurable gear). I can't explain the CASTERED mains,
> but I understood what you call steer groups to be br
David Megginson writes:
> Note a second problem with this code: it uses getDrPos (the actual
> rudder position) and ignores maxSteerAngle from the config file. A
> better option would probably be
>
> SteerAngle = SteerGain*FCS->GetDrCmd()*maxSteerAngle*RADTODEG;
For RADTODEG, read DEGTO
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:29:40 -0400
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Here's an excerpt from FGLGear.cpp:
>
> case bgNose:
> SteerGain = -0.50;
> BrakeFCoeff = rollingFCoeff;
> break;
>
>In other words, if gear belongs to bgNone, it gets
>SteerGain=0.0, s
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002 10:15:54 -0400
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>For RADTODEG, read DEGTORAD.
Use
degtorad
and
radtodeg
These are consts from the FGJSBBase class. This is where
commonly used constants are being migrated to, instead of
#defines, which we are moving away fro
Jon S Berndt writes:
> I may be guilty, here. Note that this file needs to be
> gone through again with a fine tooth comb and validated.
> Just when I think I can't become more overwhelmed than I
> already am ...
Wife pregnant with triplets again?
(Don't laugh, my wife has a friend who had tw
On Wed, 2002-09-18 at 06:29, David Megginson wrote:
> Tony Peden writes:
>
> > I didn't look at everything, but the nose wheel was in NONE and the
> > mains CASTERED as far back as I looked (which went back to the beginning
> > of time for the configurable gear). I can't explain the CASTERED
> Is there some reasoning behind setting the steering gains according to
> the brake selection? This makes no sense to me. It looks to me like
> their needs to be a separate steering selection (or just specify the
> gain in the config file).
Agreed. I beg your indulgence - let me have a look at
Tony Peden writes:
> The 48 in number checks with my copy of the POH (from which many
> other numbers have been derived, so we should probably stick with
> that)
You've talked before about forking, and that might not be a bad idea.
Right now, we're more-or-less targetting a 172R, but the 48 n
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 04:26, David Megginson wrote:
> Tony Peden writes:
>
> > The 48 in number checks with my copy of the POH (from which many
> > other numbers have been derived, so we should probably stick with
> > that)
>
> You've talked before about forking, and that might not be a bad i
Tony Peden writes:
> > My suggestion is that c172.xml (and --aircraft=c172) would disappear
> > altogether, and we'd have c172p.xml and c172r.xml instead.
>
> I don't really object to that -- except that I wonder how many folks
> will be able to really tell the difference. Surely, even in
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 05:27, David Megginson wrote:
> Tony Peden writes:
>
> > > My suggestion is that c172.xml (and --aircraft=c172) would disappear
> > > altogether, and we'd have c172p.xml and c172r.xml instead.
> >
> > I don't really object to that -- except that I wonder how many folks
Tony Peden writes:
> Does the R have a 40 deg flap detent?
No. The 172R and 172P allow up to 30deg flaps, but the 172M (mid
1970s) goes to 40deg -- it feels like dragging a parachute.
All the best,
David
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On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 06:19, David Megginson wrote:
> Tony Peden writes:
>
> > Does the R have a 40 deg flap detent?
>
> No. The 172R and 172P allow up to 30deg flaps, but the 172M (mid
> 1970s) goes to 40deg -- it feels like dragging a parachute.
That's typical. You get to a point with flap
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 06:34, Tony Peden wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 06:19, David Megginson wrote:
> > Tony Peden writes:
> >
> > > Does the R have a 40 deg flap detent?
> >
> > No. The 172R and 172P allow up to 30deg flaps, but the 172M (mid
> > 1970s) goes to 40deg -- it feels like draggin
On Thu, 2002-09-19 at 06:52, Alex Perry wrote:
> > Does the R have a 40 deg flap detent?
>
> My understanding is that the 40 deg flap setting (over the whole family)
> is actually related to max gross weight. If you want the 40 deg then you
> will be limited to 2300 lb; if you make do with 30 d
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