RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-20 Thread Vivian Meazza
Jim Wilson wrote > Andy Ross said: > > > Vivian Meazza wrote: > > > Performance: max = 437mph at combat emergency power at 25000ft, > > > 413mph at 15000ft, 395mph at 5000ft, cruising speed 362mph, climb > > > rate 3475 ft/min. Service ceiling 41,900ft. > > > > How much is combat emergen

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Jim Wilson
Andy Ross said: > Vivian Meazza wrote: > > Performance: max = 437mph at combat emergency power at 25000ft, > > 413mph at 15000ft, 395mph at 5000ft, cruising speed 362mph, > > climb rate 3475 ft/min. Service ceiling 41,900ft. > > How much is combat emergency power? The trick is getting the actua

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Lee Elliott
On Wednesday 19 May 2004 01:18, Jim Wilson wrote: > > Does this help? > > http://www.geocities.com/copeab/Vehicles/P51D_Mustang.htm > > The WWII Hawkers were out performed by the P51D at least in terms of speed > and ceiling. I'm not sure about the Sea Fury but if it was faster it was > likely by

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Andy Ross
Jon S. Berndt wrote: > Please do. It will be interesting to see what kind of relationship > there is between F-15D numbers and P-51D numbers, and how you relate > the two ... Heh, oops. :) For folks who didn't get the joke in my typo: the manual I ordered is a post-war one for the "North American F

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Vivian Meazza
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Andy Ross > Sent: 19 May 2004 15:06 > To: FlightGear developers discussions > Subject: Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes > > > Vivian Meazza wrote: &g

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Jon S Berndt
On Wed, 19 May 2004 07:06:04 -0700 Andy Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Vivian Meazza wrote: Performance: max = 437mph at combat emergency power at 25000ft, 413mph at 15000ft, 395mph at 5000ft, cruising speed 362mph, climb rate 3475 ft/min. Service ceiling 41,900ft. I just ordered a copy of the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Andy Ross
Vivian Meazza wrote: > Performance: max = 437mph at combat emergency power at 25000ft, > 413mph at 15000ft, 395mph at 5000ft, cruising speed 362mph, > climb rate 3475 ft/min. Service ceiling 41,900ft. How much is combat emergency power? The trick is getting the actual numbers right, is it possib

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Innis Cunningham
Hi Jon "Jon Berndt" writes > What I am most curious about is how easy it was to take off. Yes pretty good it comes up on to the front wheels after about 200 meters and lifts off at about 120mph with no flap.Dont know if they used flap on these A/C on t/o. I guess someone here will know. It is cer

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Jon Berndt
> Yes I know I downloaded it and used it. Didn't know about the monitoring > file you were outputing from it, ended up with a 400meg file, good thing > I had it on the big drive(LOL). Oops! :-) I really ought to turn these off by default. In fact, the OUTPUT section is destined to be removed fro

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Innis Cunningham
Hi Jon "Jon Berndt" writes I was doing one ... still have it in-work. Kept running into things I wanted to fix and add in the code and getting distracted. I was using DATCOM to help with aero tables. Now we are close to having aero tables generated with DATCOM+ directly (thanks to Bill Galbraith

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Jon Berndt
> Hi Jim > The other day you were saying about Jon do a > JSBSIM fdm well there is one over at JSBSIM but > I have done a separate one that will drop into > FG if you are interested.If not no problems. I was doing one ... still have it in-work. Kept running into things I wanted to fix and add in t

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Vivian Meazza
> -Original Message- Jim Wilson wrote: > Andy Ross said: > > > Jim Wilson wrote: > > > It'd be great if someone else could look at the P51D fdm. > I'm lost. > > > Flight dynamics is neither my area of expertise or interest. The > > > only reason I did it in the first place is I ha

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-19 Thread Innis Cunningham
Hi Jim The other day you were saying about Jon do a JSBSIM fdm well there is one over at JSBSIM but I have done a separate one that will drop into FG if you are interested.If not no problems. Cheers Innis _ Personalise your phone with

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-18 Thread Jim Wilson
Andy Ross said: > Lee Elliott wrote: > > Production Typhoons could exceed 530 mph in dives, with bombs/RPs, and > > Tempests could overhaul V1s. I thought the Sea Fury was even faster, > > but I don't have a figure off-hand. > > The key words being "in dives". The solver values are specified in

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-18 Thread Andy Ross
Lee Elliott wrote: > Production Typhoons could exceed 530 mph in dives, with bombs/RPs, and > Tempests could overhaul V1s. I thought the Sea Fury was even faster, > but I don't have a figure off-hand. The key words being "in dives". The solver values are specified in level flight. And dives can

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-18 Thread Lee Elliott
On Tuesday 18 May 2004 16:45, Jim Wilson wrote: > Andy Ross said: > > Jim Wilson wrote: > > > It'd be great if someone else could look at the P51D fdm. I'm > > > lost. Flight dynamics is neither my area of expertise or > > > interest. The only reason I did it in the first place is I had a > > >

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-18 Thread Jim Wilson
Andy Ross said: > Jim Wilson wrote: > > It'd be great if someone else could look at the P51D fdm. I'm > > lost. Flight dynamics is neither my area of expertise or > > interest. The only reason I did it in the first place is I had a > > 3D model that Jon supposedly had a JSBsim config for that n

Re: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-18 Thread Andy Ross
Jim Wilson wrote: > It'd be great if someone else could look at the P51D fdm. I'm > lost. Flight dynamics is neither my area of expertise or > interest. The only reason I did it in the first place is I had a > 3D model that Jon supposedly had a JSBsim config for that never > materialized. > > In

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-18 Thread Vivian Meazza
I wrote > > Jim Wilson wrote > > > > > I can see a difference, but it is still broken. No matter > > what the setting, now the engine RPM is either way to high or > > way to low. > > > > It'd be great if someone else could look at the P51D fdm. > > I'm lost. Flight dynamics is neither m

RE: [Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-18 Thread Vivian Meazza
Jim Wilson wrote > > I can see a difference, but it is still broken. No matter > what the setting, now the engine RPM is either way to high or > way to low. > > It'd be great if someone else could look at the P51D fdm. > I'm lost. Flight dynamics is neither my area of expertise or > in

[Flightgear-devel] YASim prop changes

2004-05-17 Thread Jim Wilson
I can see a difference, but it is still broken. No matter what the setting, now the engine RPM is either way to high or way to low. It'd be great if someone else could look at the P51D fdm. I'm lost. Flight dynamics is neither my area of expertise or interest. The only reason I did it in the