Re: [Flightgear-devel] MD11 Performance notes

2004-06-11 Thread David Culp
So, this morning, I tried doing some range testing, and found that the MD11 prototype can now fly a distance of about 4500 miles. This may seem a bit short, but I discovered that the (aeromatic generated) JSBSim configuration file has four fuel tanks, but the engines draw fuel from only three

RE: [Flightgear-devel] MD11 Performance notes

2004-06-11 Thread Innis Cunningham
Hi Durk Durk Talsma writes So, this morning, I tried doing some range testing, and found that the MD11 prototype can now fly a distance of about 4500 miles. This may seem a bit short, but I discovered that the (aeromatic generated) JSBSim configuration file has four fuel tanks, but the engines

[Flightgear-devel] MD11 Performance notes

2004-06-10 Thread Durk Talsma
This week I tweaked the autopilot of the MD11 a bit, and right now I have a reasonably well working autothrottle and altitude hold. I also modified the engine configuration file a bit by lowering the default TSFC and by-pass ratio values, based on information I found on the web. So, this

Re: [Flightgear-devel] MD11 Performance notes

2004-06-10 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:03:52 +0200 Durk Talsma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [JSBSim MD-11 Engine comments] Durk: Dave Culp can answer this more precisely if he's around, but for a quick response let me tell you that we have recently made some changes and fixes to the tank operation for JSBSim.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] MD11 Performance notes

2004-06-10 Thread Durk Talsma
On Thursday 10 June 2004 21:23, Jon S Berndt wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 21:03:52 +0200 Durk Talsma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [JSBSim MD-11 Engine comments] Durk: Dave Culp can answer this more precisely if he's around, but for a quick response let me tell you that we have recently made