On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:48:44 -0600 (CST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Berndt) wrote:
>>It's really nice to play with it! I once watched a Harrier at an airshow. >>It didn't really look like it were difficult to fly. ;-) I assume that >>the real thing is stabilized by a computer, no? Otherwise we would read >>about crashed Harriers every day. Lifting off in fgfs is already a hairy > >One of the most incredible things I've seen an aircraft do was during some >kind of celebration, like an anniversary of the Statue of Liberty, perhaps. >Two Harriers (British craft launched from the Invincible?) flew at low speed >up to the front of the Statue of Liberty, turned 90 degrees to face it, >*bowed* (dropped the nose and returned to horizontal), then turned back and >flew off. A very moving and spectacular maneuver. I'm almost certain the early generation (GR1/GR3/FRS1/AV8A) harriers don't have a stabilisation system in the hover and pretty certain the later gen (GR5/GR7/FR2/AV8B) don't either. Which version is the model based on? There are BIG differences between the various marks. Wing size and planform is different, LERX were added to the GR5 after delivery and thrust/weight ratio is improved on the later marks. Even the outriggers are in a different position. Oh, and there were a fair number of crashed Harriers in the early days, esp, I understand, with the AV8A - something to do with different pilot selection and training policies between the RAF and USMC I believe. BTW, one Farnborough airshow (98?) we were treated to a bow by SIX Harriers :) Rick -- David Farrent and Dougie O'Hara on the Cold War role of the ROC: 'What a world of sorrow is hidden in those few words - "[Post attack] crew changes would have been based on crew availability."' _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
