On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 07:52:04 -0800,
Andy Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> There is a third use, too: they are deployed automatically at landing
> to kill as much wing lift as possible and increase braking
> effectiveness.
..early implementations of this had the l
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 15:52, Andy Ross wrote:
> Innis Cunningham wrote:
> > Unfortunately the spoiler/speedbrake system/s seem to be much more
> > complicated than something that can be controlled by one key. The
> > Boeing 7 series A/C,not including the badge engineered 717, use the
> > sam
Innis Cunningham wrote:
> Unfortunately the spoiler/speedbrake system/s seem to be much more
> complicated than something that can be controlled by one key. The
> Boeing 7 series A/C,not including the badge engineered 717, use the
> same panels as speedbrakes and spoilers.They act as spoilers in
>
"Innis Cunningham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unfortunately the spoiler/speedbrake system/s seem to be much more
> complicated than something that can be controlled by one key.
> The Boeing 7 series A/C,not including the badge engineered 717,
> use the same panels as speedbrakes and spoilers.The
Hi All
Unfortunately the spoiler/speedbrake system/s seem to be much more
complicated than something that can be controlled by one key.
The Boeing 7 series A/C,not including the badge engineered 717,
use the same panels as speedbrakes and spoilers.They act as spoilers
in conjunction with the ailero
On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Lee Elliott wrote:
> > spoilers are devices designed to reduce lift and also increase drag.
> > they are usually attached to wings. speed brakes are attached to the
> > fuselage and produce drag without affecting lift. airliners have
> > spoilers, fighter jets usually have sp
Martin Spott wrote
>
> Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tuesday 17 February 2004 03:55:
> >> One question, why don't we use lower case g key for "gear
> up" and for
> >> "gear
> >> down"?
> >> Why do we also need the upper G key?
>
> > Now I can simpl
Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Tuesday 17 February 2004 03:55:
>> One question, why don't we use lower case g key for "gear up" and for "gear
>> down"?
>> Why do we also need the upper G key?
> Now I can simply press G and there's no doubt that this is
> s
On Monday 16 February 2004 23:46, Melchior FRANZ wrote:
> And it's far easier to
> remember that g is for "gear up" and G for "gear down" etc. than
> to use two completely unrelated keys.
One question, why don't we use lower case g key for "gear up" and for "gear
down"?
Why do we also need the u
On Tuesday 17 February 2004 00:25, Alex Romosan wrote:
> Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > "spoiler" bindings are now (AFAIK) only used by UIUC aircrafts.
> > There's also Ctrl-B for "speed brake" bindings. They seem to be used
> > for one and the same thing on airliners, which is, aga
On Monday 16 February 2004 23:28, Alex Romosan wrote:
> "Vivian Meazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > In which case we could standardise, if standardise we must for minor
> > controls, on j/J/CTRL J for jettison, and k/K for spoilers. We will
> > soon run out of keys unless we are careful.
>
> an
Alex Romosan wrote:
"Vivian Meazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
In which case we could standardise, if standardise we must for minor
controls, on j/J/CTRL J for jettison, and k/K for spoilers. We will
soon run out of keys unless we are careful.
any capital letter requires both hands so
Melchior FRANZ wrote
> * Martin Spott -- Monday 16 February 2004 23:12:
> > As memory serves (late evening ;) j/k are used for speed
> brakes on
> > some aircraft,
>
> See $FG_ROOT/Docs/keyboard/map.pdf for an overview of all
> general and aircraft specific keys. Yes, j and k are global
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