The one on my airplane was spring loaded. Don Baker
Andy Ross wrote: > > Don Baker wrote: > > It isn't gravity. It is simply that only at high angle of attack > > conditions is there enough air to shove it upward. > > Ahem, shove it upwards against what force? :) > > At zero speed, there is zero aerodynamic force. What holds it down, > if not gravity? At least on the Cherokee switch I've inspected, the > switch floats freely, no rubber bands or springs or anything else. On > the ground it just rests in the open position. Maybe you misinterpreted? > > Andy > > -- > Andrew J. Ross NextBus Information Systems > Senior Software Engineer Emeryville, CA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nextbus.com > "Men go crazy in conflagrations. They only get better one by one." > - Sting (misquoted) > > _______________________________________________ > Flightgear-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel