Curtis L. Olson writes: > - There is a severe proplem going to first notch of flaps. Extreme > pitch up. You need *full* down trip to fly level with any flaps at > all.
Lowering flaps does cause a very nasty pitching moment during low-speed maneuvers on a C172 (i.e. approach, when you're too close to stall-speed and too close to the ground already) -- not as nasty as what you describe, but perhaps a little nastier than what JSBSim currently models. Even with my limited experience, I already reflexively (i.e. involuntarily) push forward on the yoke whenever I lower any flaps, without waiting for the pitching to start -- perhaps Alex Perry can let us know whether this is common for C172 pilots or I'm just developing a bad habit. Last week, my first time in a C172M (which has an annoying rocker switch instead of a sliding flap-position switch), I accidentally lowered 40 degrees of flaps on the base leg -- I descended a little too far, and ended up needing full throttle just to level my descent briefly at 70 KIAS. It's like dragging a parachute. All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
