Re: [Flightgear-devel] Yasim strangeness

2004-08-02 Thread Jim Wilson
Matthew Law said: David Megginson wrote: I cannot reproduce it on my system: fgfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] --aircraft=j3cub I put on the parking brake (who'd have thought the J3 Cub had a parking brake?) and tried moving all of the control surfaces. They had no effect on the

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Yasim strangeness

2004-08-01 Thread Matthew Law
David Megginson wrote: I cannot reproduce it on my system: fgfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] --aircraft=j3cub I put on the parking brake (who'd have thought the J3 Cub had a parking brake?) and tried moving all of the control surfaces. They had no effect on the aircraft, either with the engine on or

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Yasim strangeness [was Taildragger takeoff and landing]

2004-07-29 Thread Matthew Law
David Megginson wrote: Andy Ross wrote: Uh... YASim doesn't model wash effects, so there really isn't any process by which a pure control input would generate force. Are you sure you weren't just sitting in a stiff wind? Can anyone else replicate this? I cannot reproduce it on my system: fgfs

[Flightgear-devel] Yasim strangeness [was Taildragger takeoff and landing]

2004-07-28 Thread Matthew Law
David Megginson wrote: That shouldn't be from my change -- can you do it with other YASim planes? I see the same issue with elevator on the c172-3d-yasim but not aileron. Again with the pa28-161 -looks to be about 5-10 deg judging by the attitude from inside the cockpit... All the best,

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Yasim strangeness [was Taildragger takeoff and landing]

2004-07-28 Thread Matthew Law
I see the same issue with elevator on the c172-3d-yasim but not aileron. Again with the pa28-161 -looks to be about 5-10 deg judging by the attitude from inside the cockpit... Also, try side slipping any of the cessnas or the pa28. It seems that in this flight regime the rudder seems to

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Yasim strangeness [was Taildragger takeoff and landing]

2004-07-28 Thread Andy Ross
Matthew Law wrote: David Megginson wrote: Matthew Law wrote: It seems much, much better to me. However, I can sit at minimum power with the brakes on in nil wind and rock from one main wheel to the other using the ailerons. I can also lift the tail off the ground at minimum power.

Re: [Flightgear-devel] Yasim strangeness [was Taildragger takeoff and landing]

2004-07-28 Thread David Megginson
Andy Ross wrote: Uh... YASim doesn't model wash effects, so there really isn't any process by which a pure control input would generate force. Are you sure you weren't just sitting in a stiff wind? Can anyone else replicate this? I cannot reproduce it on my system: fgfs [EMAIL PROTECTED]