Unless you get REALLY small the accuracy should be the same as full scale.
But close to the ground the ground effect makes a big difference. It happens when aplane flies at an altitude less than half its wingspan. Basically the air underneath "can't get out" and creates tremendous additional lift. On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 6:59 am, Correu PelDavid wrote: > The discussion seems to be getting hot.. > > Regarding the heli model: Could it represent an R/C helicopter model > fine enough to synthonize an autopilot to be ported afterwards to real > (R/C UAV) life? > Would it work for slow velocities and near to ground flights? > Would it work for higher (not much) altitude and agressive manoeuvres? > > Thanks, > > David > > 2006/6/14, Melchior FRANZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> * Georg Vollnhals -- Wednesday 14 June 2006 11:57: >>> Melchior FRANZ schrieb: >>> > * Georg Vollnhals -- Wednesday 14 June 2006 03:02: >>> >> Take the BO105 and goo for a straight and level flight with 100-120 >>> >> knts. Then push the collective down. [...] ^^^^^^^ >> >>> > That's "translational lift". >> >>> No. Translational list is an additional lift component related to >>> helicopter speed against the air and will start at about 12 to 20 knts >> >> Pardon? You spoke about 100-120 knots. I said it's translational lift. >> You disgree because translational lift starts with 12 to 20 knots?!? >> Doesn't make the least sense. >> >> m. >> >> _______________________________ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
